Whether you want to homestead or just have a spot of Earth to call your own, buying land is something that requires patience, preparation, and care. These are the biggest things you should know and do before you buy land.
The Two Biggest Mistakes You’ll Make When You Build a House
If you are building or are thinking about building a house – tiny, traditional, or otherwise – there are two big mistakes you’re likely to make at some point along the way. How you prevent these mistakes and what you do when they happen anyway is critical!
Three Money Tips for Couples Who Want to Homestead
Having control of your finances is crucial to living a self-sufficient life. These three things are vital to us as a couple to get control of our money and build the homestead of our dreams.
Overview and Total Cost of DIY Rough Plumbing in a Slab (when you AREN’T an expert)
If you want to build your own house but worry that you aren’t knowledgable enough to do things like your own rough-in plumbing, don’t worry! WE ARE NOT EXPERTS. But we know and have consulted many. If you are considering becoming an owner-builder at some point, knowing and consulting experts is the best thing you can do….
5 Items Our Family Uses to Minimize Everyday Waste
Ever worry about how much trash you make and the impact it has on the world around us? In this post, we’ll explore various reusable options that can help you reduce your footprint, even if you have small kids.
How We Live on HALF Our Income
Living well and saving money, even on a teacher’s salary, isn’t impossible if you know how to spend your money well. In this post, I’ll show you how WE live on half our income and save the other half for our building project. Update: This post applied to our budget BEFORE I decided to quit…
Prepping for In-Slab Rough-In Plumbing
In this post, we’ll take a look at how we’re prepping the foundation area on our off-grid home for the rough-in plumbing, including waste drainage and radiant heat. As school winds down for me and my responsibilities are getting fewer, I have much more time to devote to the inner workings of our homestead project….
BMR Update – Concrete Piers and a “Home” Tour
Finally! We’ve had a very unusual stretch of dry weather that has turned our mud into dust and allowed some wonderful guys to drill and pour our concrete piers! (SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO!) 19 holes. 4 feet deep. 24 inches wide. And our land is all clay and rocks! Fortunately for me, one of my…
Declutter: How We Dumped Half Our Stuff to Live Smaller
We live in a world that tells us we need to consume. Get a bigger house and fill it up with stuff. Get a better job with more money so you can afford more stuff. STUFF! Here, we’ll discuss the steps we took to downsize all of our belongings by HALF and how you too…
Accidental Update – House Plans and Prep!
Hello, dear friends! It has been entirely too long since I’ve posted an update, but as usual it was all because of exciting things happening for my students at school. I finished a very long project AND hosted a multi-school concert in celebration of Music In Our Schools Month. It was the eighth time I’ve…