Homesteady - Stories Of Homesteading Farming Hunting And Fishing

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Have you ever dreamt of starting a farm? Do you picture living on a homestead, gardening and raising chickens? Do you love foraging for wild edibles? Do you spent the fall season, in the crisp autumn wood hunting for wild game? Is your perfect morning spent drifting downriver, fishing for the night's dinner? Homesteady is a show that focuses on living a more sustainable life. We talk about all the ways a modern Homesteader can put food on the table, from the fields, streams, gardens and woodlands. Our roads may be rocky, but with the right skills and knowledge we can make Homesteady.

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  • NEAR BANKRUPTCY to OWNING 4 FARMS - Greg Judy talks Making a Living Farming

    06/01/2020 Duración: 35min

    Greg Judy was on the brink of bankruptcy. 3 Yeas later he had paid off his house, 200 acre farm, and went on to buy 3 more farms and lease 12. How did he earn enough money from grazing livestock? Find out in this video. CHECKOUT GREG JUDY'S CHANNEL  GREG JUDY'S BOOKS Comeback Farms  No Risk Ranching GREG JUDY'S WEBSITE BECOME A PIONEER Greg and Jan Judy of Clark, Missouri run a grazing operation on 1620 acres of leased and owned land. Greg and Jan went from near bankruptcy in 1999 to paying off a 200 acre farm and house in 3 years with custom grazing on leased land and are completely debt free. They own 4 farms and lease 12 farms. They graze cattle, hair sheep, woods pigs, pastured laying hens, sawmilling and grow shitake mushrooms. Greg wrote his first book in 2001, entitled “NO RISK RANCHING, Custom Grazing On Leased Land”, which details the methods they used to build their operation from scratch. In 2008 Greg wrote a second book “COMEBACK FARMS, Rejuvenating Soils, Pastures and Profits with Li

  • SAVE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS - LEARN TO BUTCHER YOUR OWN MEAT

    23/12/2019 Duración: 33min

    You can save THOUSANDS of dollars every year by raising your own meat or buying farm fresh meat in bulk and removing the expense of butchering that meat by learning to butcher yourself! In this video we are joined by Butcher and Educator Jamie Waldron. Together we explore the world of home butchery and how it can greatly increase your home economy by taking control of how you purchase meat and providing you with more flexibility by purchasing whole carcasses. Jamie was born in Windsor, Ontario, and raised in the small rural town of Harrow. He started his career in a small country butcher shop as a teenager. Since then, he has dedicated 18+ years to the art of butchery. Jamie has worked at some of the top butcher shops in Canada, helped craft menus and meat programs for restaurant groups, consulted for butcher shops, and worked with and for abattoirs in Ontario. In 2013, he wrote the Home Butchering Handbook (Penguin/Alpha). It covers all aspects of traditional meat cutting, from whole carcass to usable c

  • Your First Cow - Basics, Safety and Where to Start

    23/09/2019 Duración: 35min

    Karin grew up on a mixed family farm in Alberta, Canada, raising and selling backgrounding stocker steers. Her main passion since she was little was with the cattle, from handling to pasture management. She currently works as a forage-beef extension specialist with the provincial government and is working towards getting into farming of her own some day. She shares thoughts, and advice on all things cattle at her website  https://www.bovinepracticum.com/ Karin is coming on the show to talk about working with Cattle. She will help us cover safety, how to make their life as comfortable as possible, and share some tips and tricks to working with cattle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • 17 Year Old's Secret - How She Built a Successful Family Farm Business With GOATS!

    05/08/2019 Duración: 43min

    In this episode of the Podcast, we interview Rachyl Travis, of Travis Family Farm. At 9 years old, milking her first goat, Rachyl had no idea that someday she would be running a successful family farm business. A pet goat given to her at 9 years old soon turned into multiple goats, and when Rachyl wound up with 15 goats in milk, and 15 gallons of milk a day to process, she had to figure out something to do with all of the milk. Rachyl didn’t want the milk to go to waste. She enlisted the help of her older sister and together they came up with the first goat milk product: the famous goat milk soap. In June 2012, Rachyl’s Goat Milk Soap was born after family and friends raved about the soap they received as gifts and asked to buy it! Now Rachyl sells her product in many stores and farmers markets through out Rhode Island with her mom and sister at her side! Rachyl shares her story, and the secret to overcoming fear when starting your own farm business. CHECKOUT RACHYL AND TRAVIS FAMILY FARM at Travisfam

  • 10 Factors to Growing a PROFITABLE HOMESTEAD - with Accountant Mike

    08/07/2019 Duración: 01h22min

    CLICK HERE TO BECOME A PIONEER FOR NEW LOW PRICE  Homesteading roots began with people trying to turn their life around  by making a profit. Signed into law in May 1862, the Homestead Act opened up settlement in the western United States, allowing any American, including freed slaves, to put in a claim for up to 160 free acres of federal land. Modern Homesteading is similar. Google pallet homestead projects and you will know, it's often people with little, that dream big. But dreaming and reality are 2 different things. Is it possible to run a profitable homestead? Let's see if our guest can help. GUEST INFO : Accountant Mike Mike currently works as a Senior Accountant at DiLeo & Charles. He has spent about a decade working providing accounting, tax, and consulting services to small business clients and high net worth families. He uses his extensive knowledge of tax and financial statements to help small business owners set and achieve business goals, both financial and otherwise. He currently specializ

  • THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY YEAR 1 AT OUR NEW HOMESTEAD

    06/05/2019 Duración: 01h10min

    We are settled into our new homestead. Finally. But it was a LOT of work getting to this point. When our homestead in CT went onto the market to be sold things moved quickly. In just 10 days we had an offer on the place and accepted it. Suddenly we needed a place to live in PA WAY FASTER than we expected. We needed to figure out what we were going to live in. We have wanted to live in a Yurt for almost as long as we have been married. The dream of the yurt resurfaced. We needed a inexpensive structure that could house us for at least a few months, that we could put up quickly. The yurt seemed like a perfect idea.  But a harder look at the yurt, and the expense, made us decide otherwise. On the family farm there was already a Pole Barn build, with insulated walls and electricity run to it. The shell was done, and upstairs above the pole barn was 1000 square feet of unfinished space. It was a no brainer. The yurt dream had to die… once again. Maybe someday K and I will wind up as empty nesters, living o

  • Selling and Moving Away from Our Beloved Homestead was Hard

    05/04/2019 Duración: 01h10min

    A year ago this podcast disappeared. We announced we were moving, selling our homestead in CT, and headed to a new farm in PA. We said that you would be getting updates from us as we went on this journey to our new home in the state of PA.  Then silence.  In our official Season 2 of Homesteady, we start to fill you in on what happened, where we went, and what is going to happen going forward. In this first episode, brought to you by the Homesteady Pioneers (BECOME ONE HERE) we talk about selling Squash Hollow Farm, our farm in CT and Moving to PA. The truth is we have been talking about doing this for years. K's Dad has been trying to get us to move to PA for the last decade.  K grew up on the 100 acre family farm, and her dad wanted us to take it over. K loved the land, the location, and was excited about the idea of being close to her family again. I was the hold out.  My entire life was spent in CT. My friends, family, all my roots were there. The older a tree gets the HARDER it is to uproot it. 

  • THE PODCAST IS COMING BACK! AND YOU CAN BE ON IT...

    19/02/2019 Duración: 09min

    WHAT HAPPENED TO THE HOMESTEADY PODCAST? It has been almost 1 year since we released a podcast. What happened? We talk about that in this little announcement episode... I have been busy working on our Podcast studio! The studio is almost done, and now we are taking submissions to get you on our show! Do you have a homesteading story to share? Want to discuss a topic with us on the podcast? Submit an application to get on our show by CLICKING HERE --- https://www.thisishomesteady.com/guest-application/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • We Are Leaving Our Homestead...

    12/03/2018 Duración: 29min

    A very big announcement on todays episode of the podcast! K and Aust sit down and share with you some very big news that you don't want to miss out on... Sign up to our email list so you don't miss any of our videos here -  https://www.thisishomesteady.com/join-homesteady-movement/   In Friday’s Video we announced our big move. https://youtu.be/pMufdfVZN-A  You had a lot of questions, so we address those, and hopefully more, in todays episode!    SUBSCRIBE to our PODCAST HERE -  iTunes - https://goo.gl/oWorJB Stitcher - https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/homesteady   LOVE HOMESTEADY? Help us keep it going! Becoming a Pioneer - You get instant access to the new forum, discounts, and homesteading classes and podcasts!   https://www.thisishomesteady.com/head-west-become-pioneer/   Shopping at Amazon through our Amsteady Link -  http://www.amsteady.com Just click that link then do your regular shopping, we get a bonus! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Goats - Evil Gremlins or Big Money Makers?

    26/02/2018 Duración: 01h45s

    On this episode of Homesteady, we continue our Homestead Business Side Hustle Series and interview Dan Arms, of the Arms Family Homestead (Find him here and here). Dan's successful business? Goats. Would you believe that a goat solved the problems of an entire country? Believe it, and learn all about it here. We meet Dan through the story of the loss of his mom. He cites it as a strong influence in his first career as a state trooper. He was raised by his dad on a homestead with a small cattle herd, hunting, fishing, and spending his days outside. Growing up as a homesteader was a confidence building experience for Dan, and as an adult he took over the family farm after his dad's passing. After ending his cow raising days due to cost, Dan went back to the land as a hobby gardener. Unexpectedly, the garden grew into a small homestead business, as Dan's community started asking him for fresh fruits and vegetables from his garden. However, Dan's business growth was stymied when his work schedule as a state tro

  • How To Make $10,000 From Your Homestead This Year

    05/02/2018 Duración: 01h04min

    On this episode of Homesteady, we meet Elaine Vandiver of Old Homestead Alpacas. Elaine's journey to her purpose began on 9/11. A college student at the time, She felt the right thing for her to do was the join the army and serve her country. Now, she's an alpaca farmer. Wait, what? Let's back up. We met Elaine in the Homesteady Launchpad business course hosted by Aust and Accountant Mike. Elaine is currently finding success in agrotourism- giving tourists an "on-farm" experience that is projected to net $11,000 this year. Elaine isn't from Walla Walla Washington. Originally from Indiana, Elaine completed a successful military career and followed her then boyfriend (now husband) to Washington State. Falling in love with the beautiful landscape, they put down their roots. Elaine credits her time in the military for giving her invaluable perspective, and assisting her success in homesteading. Elaine felt that the time she spent as a solider helped her become a stronger person and put hardship in perspectiv

  • Using a Homestead Business to Design the Life You Want

    15/01/2018 Duración: 01h07min

    Sometimes the most obvious way of solving a problem is not the best way. On this episode of Homesteady, we explore our most valuable non-renewable resource: time. Beginning with the story of the Village on the Hill, we see that looking outside the box for a different solution may be the best way for us to achieve our goals. In part two of our ten part Homestead Business Series (miss part one? Listen here ) we head to North Idaho to meet Dan Ohmann on his grassfed homestead. How did this police-officer-turned-stay-at-home-dad-and-farmer do it? On the surface, we see a couple and a child living on a homestead raising lamb and pastured poultry. Dan's spouse still works a traditional job in the software industry, and they gross approximately $2,250 from their meaty side hustle. Like so many of us, the arrival of his first child inspired Dan and his wife to escape their HOA-ruled suburb for something different. Dan decided he needed to take a lot more responsibility for his resources-namely, food, and increasi

  • 3 Reasons Why Your Homestead Business Will Fail

    01/01/2018 Duración: 01h05min

    On this episode of Homesteady, Aust further explores the dream vs. the reality of homesteading, by explaining the harshest reality of them all: why your homestead business WILL fail. Through video, Aust's brother-in-law parodies the overt optimism that brings us into the homesteading world in the first place: the beauty of vegetables, the imagined ease of "working at home" now that you have a farm. REALITY CHECK: It is RARE to make more money than you spend on your homestead. But does that mean you have to give up the dream? Based on our Homesteady poll, (thanks for your responses!) THREE OUT OF FOUR of you have the dream that someday, you will be able to exit your current careers due to the successful pursuit of a full-time homesteading business. Through a new series, Aust is going to share his six years of experience with all of you. Full-time podcaster Aust (one dream, now more of a reality!) is going to make ten episodes about making your homestead profitable. Along with interviews to exploring others'

  • We Were Going to Quit Homesteading... Then This Happened...

    12/12/2017 Duración: 01h11min

    On this episode of Homesteady, Aunt, Kendra, and the family update us on the changes on the farm throughout 2017. A year ago, Aust and Kendra were going to sell the farm and go on a road trip. Instead, they have had the most productive year on the homestead yet! They updated with major infrastructure improvements and even got a cow (check out our family cow episode here- you may be convinced to get one a well.) What happened? With small children who don't travel well, and a re-discovered appreciation for their home in Connecticut, Aust and Kendra decided staying at their current homestead was the best choice. Kendra set a goal for the homestead to be NEAT and ORDERLY. 2017 was the year of form and function. Every change, every innovation, had a purpose. Improving the infrastructure on the farm was the number one priority. Our YouTube Video shows the giant machine that made a road to the barn in just one day! An improved, more accessible barn opens many possibilities for Aust and Kendra, and increased effici

  • The BIGGEST HOMESTEADY ANNOUNCEMENT EVER

    27/11/2017 Duración: 24min

    It was WAY BACK! May 16, 2014.... The very first episode of the Homesteady Podcast was released.... Since then we have released 55 episodes of the podcast 286 Youtube videos blog posts courses swag! I didn't start this thinking I would ever go full time with it. I didn't think content creation could be a career... But the world has changed! Back in Feb, 2015 we launched the Pioneer Program... It consisted of Bonus videos and podcasts Courses I taught to local schools Discounts from homestead vendors It sells everyday for $5 a month.  (https://www.thisishomesteady.com/head-west-become-pioneer/) Slowly we built this podcast, then youtube channel, and turned it to a better and better business. NOW ITS TIME TO LEAP! Learn our big news in todays LIVESTREAM! Or... If you don't feel like watching that .... Here it goes... I AM GOING TO DO HOMESTEADY FULL TIME!!! For the last few years we have been building our show to the point where I could do this full time. Now, my life has had some

  • I was an ANTI HUNTER - What changed me?

    06/11/2017 Duración: 01h05s

    On this episode of Homesteady, we explore the lifestyle of the modern hunter. We will be examining both the facts and the feelings that come into play when decided whether hunting is an ethical option for feeding one's family. With scenes from Bambi resonating within the formative memories of Aust's childhood, we are going to re-examine the discussion on hunting: Is it wrong? With such easy access to food, do we need to head into the woods with a gun? This episode is for those of you who are not currently hunters. We ask that you listen to this episode with an open mind as we present the facts and feelings on hunting from multiple perspectives.We know that Aust is a hunter now- but we learn that he wasn't always this way. After learning about factory farming, Aust and Kendra wanted a healthier option for their growing family. Once figuring out that hunting was the most affordable option for his family, Aust became a self-taught hunter, and soon after harvested his first deer. "At a base level, every single

  • Grow Farm Fresh Food All Year Long with Hydroponic Gardening!

    28/08/2017 Duración: 01h13min

    Hydroponic Gardening. Some people have no clue what it is at all. Others (My Wife) may picture a creepy basement filled with bright white LED lighting, plants growing from tubes...  When a hydroponicist... (is that even a real word?) thinks of hydroponics, they think of gardening with no bugs, in a controlled environment, year round, with perfect yields in half the time as a conventional garden.  Sounds pretty good... right? Learn all about Hydroponics, and how you can grow farm fresh veggies in half the time as you usually do... year round, in this episode of Homesteady, all about Hydroponic Gardening.  In this month's episode you will learn about the history of hydroponics, from back in the Aztec times, to the space station, to our modern day. Today we can find awesome companies like Freight Farms using hydroponics to grow farm fresh food in the cities. But hydroponics has become a great tool for homesteaders as well! Jonathan Russo shares his family's homestead hydroponic system, and accountant mike

  • Foraging - A great way to feed your family... Or a easy way to kill yourself?

    30/06/2017 Duración: 01h05min

    On this episode of Homesteady, we are exploring the delights and dangers of foraging, or looking for and gathering wild foods. After a scare gathering mushrooms on the Homestead, Aust shares with us information on how to safely start your own foraging hobby. ******* Disclaimer: this blog and podcast are NOT a source for identifying wild plants************************************ Our guest, Jared White, is an extreme foraging enthusiast and hobbyist of The Foraging Beard on Instagram and YouTube is our guest on the show, to give us education and guidance on learning to forage. As a stay at home dad, Jared has dived into homesteading, with foraging emerging as his prominent interest. An avid photographer, his research into the flora he was photographing led him to the knowledge that lots of the plants he was photographing were edible! With his trusty Audobon Field Guide and the help of Google, Jared began to learn more and more about identifying wild edibles. But-how do we determine what is edible? And to NO

  • How To Run Profitable Farm Workshops

    30/05/2017 Duración: 01h04min

    Take the Epic Homesteady Survey Here On the farm this week we successfully planted an entire orchard in just a few hours! How did we get so much work done in so little time? With an on-farm workshop! On-farm workshops are a great way to help a farmer get a lot of work done in a timely manner, and a great way for farm dreamers and homesteady types looking to spend some time living the farm life get some real hands on experience. But workshops can be tricky… How do you make sure they give both parties, the farmer, and the visitors, the experience they need? We have been running workshops on the farm for years, most of them have been great. Over this time we have learned a lot about how to do a successful on-farm workshop. Here are some of the lessons we have learned… Make sure you prepared for non farmers on the farm… People who come to workshops are not farmers, and not familiar with the risks, dangers, and responsibilities of a farmer. They may want to bring children, go places they don't belong, hurt the

  • Spring on the Homestead

    04/05/2017 Duración: 01h05min

    Today we catch up with you all! It has been a busy spring on our homestead. Usually, winter leaves us all sitting inside our homes, by a fire, dreaming of all the new things we want to try on our homesteads in the following spring. We always spend that time talking together about big plans for the season. This year was no different! And in no time we had a few big ideas. Early in February, the weather got nice, and so we decided to jump start our season! It began with a serious upgrade to our existing barn. The barn was built on a gravel pad. The gravel drained well but made it very difficult to clean the barn. So it was time to pour a concrete floor. This has been on of the best improvements on the homestead! The next big project we began working on was our pasture improvement. Over the last few years, our biggest problem with livestock was a lack of enough pasture and good pasture at that. Lots of our property that we were not using was heavily sloped, and not good for pasture. So we cut a road to our bar

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