Simple living, self sufficiency, off grid living and back to the basics is having a huge comeback these days. Homesteading and backyard farming has become popular again. In this post I share childhood memories of how my parents lived a simple, mostly self-sufficient, urban homesteading life. How was ...
Homesteading
Homestead Kitchen – Before and After Reveal
It is very exciting to reveal our homestead kitchen before and after. It was a great project and we are very pleased with the outcome. As you know, we went with an IKEA kitchen, and you can read here our 7 reasons why to choose an Ikea kitchen. It was a DIY project, from planning the kitchen to ...
Start playing homesteading
Playing homesteading is something we talk about a lot here at Northern Homestead. We usually do not call it that, but we would call it gardening for the weak, sick, and lazy gardeners, or how to keep garden chores enjoyable, or the deep chicken litter method and so on. The idea is to simplify and ...
7 Reasons to choose an IKEA kitchen for your homestead
We like IKEA and shop there often. I like the saying: "Why pay more, if you can go to IKEA". So for us it was a no-brainer, we wanted an IKEA kitchen. But if you are still considering where to buy your homestead kitchen, here are 7 reasons to choose an IKEA kitchen for your homestead. IKEA started ...
5 Appliances I Would Not Want to Miss in my Kitchen
Most food in our house is prepared right in our kitchen. There is not much that we buy ready made. We cook from scratch. To be able to do this without being in the kitchen all the time, I have little kitchen helpers. One can easily get carried away with all the kitchen appliances that are ...
Garden Shade Survey
Did you know that in April the day length is the same as in September? That means if there is shade in April, there also will be just as much shade in September. In fact, there might be even more. Trees are not having leaves in April, but they do in September. It is a good idea to do a shade survey ...
1/8 Acre Northern Homestead – Site Survey
This is my very first post about our new to us 1/8 acre homestead. Hope many will follow. May I just stop here for a moment and Thank You for having interest in our Northern Homestead, we appreciate you so, so much! With Northern Homestead we hope to be an inspiration, if we can homestead here, it ...
To be Stewards of the Earth and Animals
Welcome to another edition of the ‘You Share‘ series. Meet the Zundel family in their journey to be stewards of the earth and animals. 1. Tell me about yourself: We're the Zundel family, originally from California and Arizona, coming to Utah by way of North Carolina and about to embark on ...
Kathryn’s Backyard Farming Adventure
Welcome to another edition of the ‘You Share‘ series. Today we are visiting a homestead in town. Kathryn shares their adventure of backyard farming. 1. Tell me about yourself: I'm Kathryn, and I'm a backyard homesteader, writer, and homeschooling mom to three girls. Growing up, my parents ...
Making A New Life In The Country
Welcome to another edition of the ‘You Share‘ series. Meet Eddie and Jo - dog lovers, risk takers, hard workers, who dream almost daily of chickens and goats! They just want a new life in the country; little cabin in the woods, a healthy garden, a small orchard, and... WiFi. 1. Tell me about ...