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  • How we became small town homesteaders

    Homesteading refers to a self-sufficient lifestyle, which can include activities like growing your own food and preserving it. The authors are a couple whose journey into homesteading began in 2021 with a small garden and has expanded into maintaining a large vegetable garden and a flock of chickens. The experience, which included elements of preserving…

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  • Homeschooling with ADHD

    WHEN YOU AND YOUR KID HAVE ADHD! We started homeschooling this year and it’s certainly come with some challenges. Not only do I have to navigate life having ADHD, but I also have to learn how to teach a mini-me, who also has ADHD and just doesn’t know it. It’s half the reason we decided

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  • Coming Home

    Last week was a big week! On Friday 2/23, I finally left my career to be a stay-at-home mom and full-time homesteader. I won’t lie, I’m still a little shook up about it because this happened 4 full weeks early, but I know this is what God wanted us to do. A full-on leap of

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Welcome to my blog! I’m Amber!

My family and I strive to live life more traditionally. We grow and preserve our own food, raise chickens, homeschool, and try to find new ways to be self sufficient. I started this blog with one purpose- to teach new homesteaders, homeschoolers, and homemakers how to live more traditionally in hopes that the next generation retains some of the old ways.

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