25 Homesteading Skills to Start with Little to No Land

Published 2024-06-26
Are ready to start your homesteading journey but you're not sure exactly how to begin? The Beginner Homesteader's Starter Kit will take you through the steps you need to start your journey off on the right foot so that you can prevent homesteader burnout.

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In this episode I dive into 25 practical ways to kickstart your homesteading journey, even if you have little to no land. From gardening on apartment balconies to learning animal husbandry without owning animals, I cover a variety of essential skills. I also discuss composting, preserving food, foraging, bread making, herbalism, and much more. I share my experiences and provide valuable tips on how to become more self-sufficient and sustainable.
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Episdodes mentioned in this episode:

Gardening:

Ep.96 Turn Your Black Thumb Green with These Tips: sites.libsyn.com/422132/096-turn-your-gardening-bl…

Ep. 82 Organic Gardening with Jessica Gaige: sites.libsyn.com/422132/082-organic-gardening-for-…

Composting:

Ep. 26 Worm Farming : sites.libsyn.com/422132/026-homestead-income-serie…

Preserving Food:

Ep. 49 - Melissa K. Norris on the 9 Food Preservation Methods: sites.libsyn.com/422132/049-melissa-k-norris-on-th…

Bee Keeping: 

Ep. 92- Natural Bee Keeping with Adam & Leslie Martin : sites.libsyn.com/422132/092-homesteading-community…

Natural Dyeing: Jessica Unsell 🌿 Color Seeker (@wild_fire_water_) • Instagram photos and videos

Home Health Care: 

Ep. 98. Homesteader Health with Naturopathic Physician, Dr. Amber Belt

sites.libsyn.com/422132/098-homesteader-health-wit…

Microgreens:

Ep. 77 Growing Microgreens with Laura Patterson

www.homesteadincomeplan.com/blog/microgreensbusine…

Homeschooling: 

Ep. 63 Homesteading and Homeschooling with Cody Hanner

sites.libsyn.com/422132/063-homeschooling-homestea…

Permaculture:

Ep. 52 What is Permaculture and How Can It Help You?

sites.libsyn.com/422132/052-what-is-permaculture-h…



00:00 Introduction to Homesteading for Beginners
00:15 Starting Your Homesteading Journey with Little to No Land
01:24 Gardening: The Foundation of Homesteading
02:32 Composting and Vermicomposting
03:28 Preserving and Seed Saving
05:18 Animal Husbandry: Caring for Livestock
07:12 Kitchen Skills: Bread, Cheese, and Cooking from Scratch
08:38 Foraging, Hunting, and Fishing
10:01 Herbalism and Soap Making
11:19 Welding, Carpentry, and Beekeeping
12:56 Budgeting, Natural Dyeing, and Aquaponics
15:04 Home Health Care and Butchery
16:31 Growing Fodder and Microgreens
17:43 Homeschooling and Woodworking
19:10 Permaculture Design and Conclusio

All Comments (14)
  • @hillockfarm8404
    Note on animals and small spaces, small living space often means close neighbours so keep noise levels in mind. Rabbit would be a better option and less messy plus good fertilizer for the garden. And if kept indoors i'd keep away from birds due to featherdust (danger to your longs) and a lot of normal houskeeping tasks can be dangerous to the birds longs.
  • I'm surprised you didn't include sewing/fiber skills such as spinning, weaving, knitting/crochet, etc.
  • What a beautiful being this is, I love what you share here, dear lady. I'm definitely you're loyal subscriber, so glad to have found you this Lionsgate Morning. May we all bring forth more and more joy, freedom, beauty and abundance with every day that goes flying by now, day by day, inch by inch, year by year, one loving being by one loving being, getting together and gsd now and for all. Yes to keep all of our dreams alive, and thank you so much for helping to remember that on behalf of my now grown homeschooled and homebirthed children. I love knowing you, too, and that how our dreams come true is oftentimes ... if not always ? :D by doing it together! Thank you again, Mona Weathers (great name, did you do that yourself, too :) ?:) and I look forward to being your newest subscriber and getting to know and love even more over time :D
  • Hi I just subscribed . Want to support homesteading Chanel and I think your Chanel will be a great source of info for me and a lot of more people I wish you all the best ..
  • In aquaponics, I'm pretty sure the plants are cleaning the water for the fish. So they are helping, but you still have to feed the fish ^-^'
  • @ivanwabbi1341
    Hi new subscriber here. I wish my wife can learn from you❤
  • My only issue with soap making is clothing detergent. We also use cloth diapers, ans I’m completely ignorant as to natural sources of the enzymes needed to break down the waste on them. That and a degreaser for dish detergent.