Another Autism Spectrum Awareness day is coming up on April 2 to remind me that we have been keeping a secret from you. Autism spectrum in adults can not be seen or even observed by someone who doesn't know it. It still exists for people on the spectrum affecting every area of their ...
Thoughts
It’s my Nature
True to my nature I love reading self-realization and development books. Out of all that I have read, one stands out and was really life-changing. I was not looking for another "personality type" book since the majority of them are entertaining, but not really helpful. You know, when you have to ...
5 Kitchen Tools to Save Money on Food
During Boxing week, you might be torn between needing to save money and wanting to make use of the good deals. In this blog post, we share 5 kitchen tools that might help you to do both, get them on a good sale and save money on food in a long run. Food prices have gone up rapidly. Many are ...
Following your Intuition in everyday life
Following your intuition in everyday life is a subject that I have been wanting to write about for quite a while. But always hesitated. For one I thought following your intuition is so obvious, why would anyone even want to read it. After all, that's what intuition is, you just know. On the ...
10 Years of Blogging
We are celebrating 10 years of blogging this year. Today we are sharing 10 lessons that we have learned in 10 years of blogging. Since we are writing about what we are doing and doing what we are writing about, those lessons are life lessons. We are so grateful for all that we could learn, share, ...
Permaculture Design Course
Big news here at NorthernHomestead, I'm (Anna) taking the Permaculture Design Course, Starting on November 18, 2021. The Permaculture Design Course is the international standard for permaculture certification. It is an online course, so I get to go to classes without leaving the comfort of my home. ...
Why we are not prepping
Survivalists or preppers who actively prepare for an emergency, disaster, end of the world, or the coming of zombies seem to like our blog. We are sometimes asked about prepping, or what we think about it. In our world, it would seem that everyone should be prepared. However, we do not consider ...
How to Thrive in Social Isolation
Social isolation has been part of our life for a long time and for different reasons. Now that it also has become a global thing to do, it's time to share some insights. I actually started this blog post in spring, but it never got published, mainly because we did not want to be misunderstood. Now ...
FlyLady System for Homesteading
"My house may be a mess, but you should see my garden" - can you relate? As a homesteader, we could add "but you should see my pantry, or my barn, or my cellar". It seems there are always more important things to do than cleaning and organizing the house. The FlyLady system comes to the rescue for ...
Cookbooks to Start a Plant-Based Diet
We switched to a plant-based diet a few years ago and have never looked back. Eating healthy tastes good feels good and is good all around. We are sometimes being asked if it was hard for us to change to a plant-based diet. Our answer is 'no' and it has two reasons: For one, we are ...