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For the Wannabe Homesteader
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items If you're on the path or intending to be on the path to homesteading, these are the things you should dream of having around someday, if not now.
you'll be cooking and baking up a storm most days because you're now too good for the store-bought instant stuff (although i still buy and consume the instant stuff - and like the title says, i'm mainly a wannabe/newbie/poseur…)
Range
i'm in the tropics, so we don't really use ours as a heater. it's just a stove for heating and cooking. when you can't access utilities, you can cook in a pinch if there are trees around for kindling and wood
Wood Stoves
they're more than just a trend for you. a decade after everybody was using them to drink out of and accent their weddings, mason jars remain incredibly useful for storing food, especially if you're doing your own preserving and canning. and they'll n...
Mason Jars & Canning Supplies in Kitchen Storage & Organization(893)
You'll start with these and gradually become more ambitious, but you have to begin somewhere.
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Homesteader isn't the same as prepper, but it really pretty much is. You want to be self-sustaining. You want large stores of food. You don't want to rely on the government in any disaster or doomsday scenario. You'll eventually go after underground ...
Large Food Storage Containers
Water can be expensive, and if you're off the grid, you have to come up with your own water source, so it's smart to harness the rain.
Rain Barrels
This is the investment you should have made some time ago so that you're already reaping the benefits now, especially if you're doing hybrid. It makes such a huge difference on your power bill.
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Since you'll be growing your own food, you need to have a healthy host. Compost is one way to enrich your soil. If you have land, you can dump your food waste in a hole in the ground and bury it (you might attract vermin, but if it's far from your ho...
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Get a simple one for a few starter chickens, but you need this for the free eggs, extra garbage disposal (chickens will eat the bits you're too lazy to compost), and fertilizer for your soil. I don't recommend eating them even if they're delicious be...
Chicken Coops - Comfortable Poultry Housing
Learn the ropes with a starter kit, but the goal is to have a system that will give you loads of herbs and veggies as well as edible fish like tilapia.
Aquaponic - Hydroponic Systems
Ideally, you'll have your own harvested or foraged fruits that you'll want to preserve into jams and jellies. At the same time, there's no shaming in buying seasonal fruits in bulk and preserving the ones you can't enjoy fresh. The point is to have p...
Pectin Jam
If you have ambitions of cutting out store-bought candy, this is great for making fruit leather. On the savory side, it's also great for making jerky.
Dehydrators
I'm addicted to freeze-dried fruits and veggies, so this is a great investment for me. And then you can also pulverize freeze-dried whatever for adding to smoothies, broths, etc. The freeze-dried veggies are a winner for me, though, since I normally ...
Freeze Dryer - Dehydrators
Potatoes are a staple food, so it makes sense to grow your own. They do normally require a plot of land, but container gardeners have known for a long time to use other options like barrels, sacks, big planters, etc.
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What if you're at the dreaming stage still, but already want to get started on some self-sustainability practices? You can totally grow food inside your home. To increase your plants' odds of development, grow lights are super helpful. You can only h...
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