The First-Time Homesteader : A Complete Beginner's Guide to Starting and Loving Your New Homestead

The First-Time Homesteader has all the essential information you need to start a homestead in the city, country, or suburbia, including advice on gardening, raising chickens, keeping bees, starting a home dairy, and living more resourcefully.Are you striving for improved self-reliance and self-sufficiency for yourself and your family? Author Jessica Sowards of YouTube’s Roots & Refuge Farm is the warm and welcoming guide you’ve been waiting for. Homesteading is a mindset and a lifestyle aimed at living lightly on the land , being more resourceful, appreciating the value of hard work, and understanding the diverse and amazing connections between humans and the planet we live on. Homesteaders constantly strive for a more sustainable life and a greater connection to the cycles of nature and the foods and goods we consume . Starting your very first homestead is a journey of discovery and passion that’s also likely filled with questions and what-ifs. In The First-Time Homesteader , Jessica fills in all the blanks with honesty, humor, and charm.