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I've learned so much in just the short few months since discovering Homesteading Family. I started with bread making, then learned canning, then soapmaking! The support from admins and community members is amazing. I love these new skills that bless my family. Thank you!
Carrie Z.
I am so excited about all I've learned so far. I have learned how to pressure can, make homemade cheeses, and most recently homemade soap. I am looking forward to the upcoming years and growing with Homesteading Family. Thank you for the wonderful gift of teaching these things!
Jennifer O.
I have gained so much confidence after working through the canning masterclass. I am currently working my way through the bread making class and am already seeing so much improvement in my bread making skills. These classes are such a great resource!
Stephanie A.
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Homesteading Family
We’re Carolyn and Josh Thomas! We live on 40 acres in Idaho with our 11 children where we grow, preserve, and prepare most of our own food right in our own backyard.
As young parents with a quickly growing family and a desire to feed them healthy, whole foods (even on a tight budget) we knew very quickly that we were going to have to figure out how to grow and prepare it ourselves… good food was just too expensive!
But we didn’t have anyone around us that we could ask about how to make this homesteading thing work. We felt completely alone and scrambling for answers while dealing with the demands of life.
After years of studying, trial and error and learning from anyone who knew more than us, we started figuring out how to make a productive, old fashioned life in the midst of a modern world. We were raising and growing most of our family’s food and medicine, and enjoying the results of eating healthy food, working together as a family, and being more connected to our land.
We didn’t want others to have to go through the same struggles we experienced, so we created Homesteading Family.
As the years have passed we have had an opportunity to speak into the lives of more and more families… And while we are so blessed to get to help others, we also know that this is just the beginning.
Now it is time to take the next step in your journey.
The Homestead Kitchen Membership will help you transform your home from a consumer based home into a productive and healthy home, through thoughtful instruction and well-designed content.
We hope you join us and can’t wait to see how your homestead grows.
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In The Homestead Kitchen Magazine
A digital magazine filled with tips, recipes, and stories to help you make the most of seasonal produce and your grocery budget. New, delicious recipes every month will help you fill your pantry, freezer and table while learning traditional cooking skills and preservation techniques.
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There is nothing like fresh garden tomatoes for a flavor burst of sweet goodness. When you make freeze-dried tomatoes, they taste just like fresh
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“I grew up in a bit of a homesteading family and a lot of that lifestyle, yet I moved to the city and had children who never were good city-slickers! I brought them back to the community of my childhood when they were young and now I'm still living in town and longing for the homestead life. This has already been inspiring and I've enjoyed learning from your YouTube channel and will be around learning more even if I move to the bigger city for a time.”
- Rebecca A.
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Learn how to make the most out of simple, seasonal produce in your own kitchen with the In the Homestead Kitchen digital magazine. With monthly inspiration on growing, cooking and preserving, you’ll be filling your table and your pantry with delicious, new, homestead goodness every month.
