The Homestead Connection

Welcome to a special episode of The Homestead Connection Podcast! Can you believe it? We’ve been sharing homesteading & sustainable living information, connecting with other homesteaders, and laughing with you all for a whole year now. In this celebratory episode, we’re taking a trip down memory lane, revisiting some of our favorite moments, reflecting on what we’ve learned, and sharing some exciting statistics, and updating y...

You've head us talk about Brenna's move from Colorado to Florida for months now but we've never dived into why her family is moving, when they're moving, and how they have prioritized property searches for their (hopefully) forever homestead. Join Kylie and Brenna as they walk through the background of her decision to up-root her family and move across the country from the Colorado Rockies to in-land Florida. She sh...

Join us today as Kylie sits down with wife, mother, homesteader, and Minnesotan, Rebekah Hanson from @homesteadofblessing to learn all about her and her husband's homesteading journey! Rebekah's life online is truly authentic in the way she shows her family's lifestyle homesteading and her journey in motherhood and today she shares all about it. Kylie and Rebekah talk about her life before homesteading, her first garden...

In this episode of The Homestead Connection Podcast, Kylie, Moli, Steph, and Brenna dive into the concept of community sufficient living and explore how embracing sufficiency at the community level can lead to resilience, solidarity, and shared prosperity. Join us as we uncover the transformative power of collective action and sustainable practices in building vibrant, self-reliant communities. Whether you're a seasoned commun...

Moli and Brianna from Back Forty Flower Farm discuss everything flower farming on this podcast episode! Join the girls as they dive into the enchanting world of cultivating blooms, exploring topics ranging from sustainable growing practices and floral design trends to the business side of flower farming. Whether you're a hobbyist with a few pots or a seasoned professional tending to acres of blooms, this episode will be sure ...

Welcome back for Part 2 of our homesteading Q & A! Kylie, Moli, and Brenna pick up where we left off last week and answer all your canning and preserving questions, questions on starting a business from your homestead, and even if a Costa Rica podcasting trip is in our future?! This episode is chalk full of resources and laughs! Come join us.

Resources:

Everything Worth Preserving by Melissa K Norris https://amzn.to/3U2o...

We asked and you delivered! Its time for a homesteading Q&A! Brenna, Steph, Kylie, and Moli sit down to talk through canning, gardening, livestock, bees, and more.

Join us next week for part 2 of your awesome questions.

A new Patreon conversation drops this week too! www.patreon.com/thehomesteadconnection

Keywords:

homestead, homesteading, urban homestead, livestock, farm animals, farm, chickens, bees, honeybees, canning, pres...

Have you ordered a beehive for this Spring? Considering it? Brenna and Kylie, along with Moli, dive into to what beekeeping looks like! The girls share their years of experience keeping various kinds of honeybees in different climates and the brass-tacks, need-to-know information so that you can successfully dive into your first year of bee keeping!

Kylie and Brenna discuss: What species of honeybee might you want? What supplies d...

Discussions of an EMP (electromagnetic pulse) event are all over the internet and social media. No doubt the need to be prepared these days, but Moli, Brenna, Steph, and Kylie sit down to talk about what level of preparedness would look like after an EMP. Not familiar with an EMP? No worries - the girls share what it is, what would be affected, what their thoughts (and deeper thoughts) are about it, and more!

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Moli, Steph, and Brenna are on today's podcast discussing various aspects of their homesteads that they would change if they started over homesteading today (or in Brenna's case, when she starts over with her move to Florida). Garden spaces, raised beds vs in ground, livestock, goats vs sheep vs dairy cow, orchards, homestead locations, and more.

The ladies also share about how so much of what is considered homesteading ca...

Baby chicks will be flooding farm stores, homesteads, backyards, and farms in the coming weeks and we want to give you all the tips and advice you're going to need to get your flock off to a thriving start!

Kylie, Brenna, Moli, and Steph share the must have and need-to-know items/information as well as tips for common ailments and how to ideally transition your chicks to the coop. The girls also share their favorite chick...

It doesn't matter what part of North America you're in, its about time to start those seeds for our 2024 gardens! Planting season is upon us. Today the girls sit down and talk about their garden plans give some advice and resources for getting started on yours, and do a whole lot of chatting along the way.

Did you know Moli tapped her maple trees and is collecting sap?! Come here about her experience so far and make sure t...

If you're someone who battles with celiac disease, gluten intolerance, or even wheat intolerance you know how challenging (and expensive!) it can be to feed your family and what a headache baking can be. Moli and LaNay from @hh.homesteadonthehill sit down to talk about the common ground they share in being the mothers of gluten-free homes[teads]. They share their journeys into the need to lead gluten-free lives, tips, & tri...

We know our society and homes are inundated with toxic chemicals and products and we know we should eliminate as many of these products as possible but where should we start? Brenna and this week's special guest Steph Fischer from @myholisticroots dive into this fascinating topic and break down when, where, and how to start transforming your home and body care!

Make sure to follow Steph on Instagram to learn more about nontoxi...

Our homesteads are beautiful, enjoyable, functional parts of our life. Moli, Steph, and Kylie sit down to discuss various ways to practically utilize our homesteads to bring in an income - both small scale and on a larger scale too!

Thinking about meat birds or raising pullets? Check out Schlecht Hatchery, a small, family owned hatchery with great practices and amazing prices! (not sponsored) https://schlechthatchery.com

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This is a first! Kylie is recording by herself, and the girls missed uploading on a Wednesday! Listen along for a behind the scenes update and why this week is out of the norm. Or...... click here to see for yourself if you're too impatient to listen first!

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It's time to dive into the conversations we have had to avoid because of algorithms and censorship and us gals are doing that over on Patreon! Of course, nothing i...