Homestead

Lloyd Kahn on his NorCal self-reliant half-acre homestead

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Duration: 25:55
Updated: 18 May 2015
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At 80 years old, Lloyd Kahn is an icon of alternative housing. In the seventies he was a poster child of the geodesic dome (he published Domebook One and Two and he and his dome home were featured in Life magazine). He got his start in publishing when Stewart Brand made him the shelter editor for the Whole Earth Catalog. The book that put him on the map as a publisher was “Shelter”, an international survey of alternative housing that he continues to sell over 4 decades later. Kahn’s enthusiasm for shelter extends to “building every place I’ve ever lived”, including his current home which started as a dome and is now a more traditional shelter capped by a 30-foot-tall hexagonal tower (the only remnant of the dome). His home is only a small part of his half-acre homestead where he and his wife Lesley Creed believe in doing things for yourself, when possible. Besides tending the organic gardens (and dozens of free-range chickens), Creed is a natural dyer, quilter, sourdough bread-maker and believer in the “value of actually working, not just trying to figure out how not to work”. On our visit to the homestead, Kahn showed us his wild-caught pigeons, his seaweed harvest, well-fermented sauerkraut, home-cured olives, oatmeal grinder and workshop (where he still keeps his father’s “nuts and bolts box”). We caught Creed baking her sourdough bread (from her kitchen-harvested starter) and drying “bread seed” poppies. Years ago the couple were pushing the boundaries of self-sufficiency to include goats and harvests of wheat, but Kahn found his limits. “With self-sufficiency you never get there, you never become self-sufficient. I mean we tried back in the seventies. We had goats and chickens and bees and I was trying to raise grain. Pretty soon I realized that if I want to raise enough wheat for the bread for a year here, it’s better left to a specialist, like I can’t be my own dentist. So you do, it’s a direction self-sufficiency. You do what you can do as much of it as you can.” Shelter Publications: http://www.shelterpub.com/ Original story: http://faircompanies.com/videos/view/lloyd-kahn-on-his-norcal-self-reliant-half-acre-homestead/

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Ways To Make Money For Your Homestead: Becky Shares Her Secret

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Duration: 7:14
Updated: 01 Nov 2015
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Becky explains how she pays for her homestead. She explains the difference between a homestead business and the homesteading lifestyle. Your goal should be to lower your bills, and live a simple life so you don't have to work 40+ hours in the rat race. If you can support yourself with a part time job and come home to build and enjoy your homestead, that is a lifestyle worth pursuing. There are a lot of ways to make money, you can have a part time job, or start your own business. But no matter what you do for money if you go small, you can live big! Becky's Amazon Link: http://goo.gl/Y9Vgmj

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Season 1 Episode 1 - An American Homestead

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Duration: 17:51
Updated: 30 Jun 2014
views: 77149

***All Content Used Under License - Envato.com** An American Homestead is about 2 families that left the city for a more simple off-grid life in the mountains of the American Ozarks. Subscribe to see just how they are getting by each week and join them in this adventure. Additional Articles on: http://AnAmericanHomestead.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AnAmericanHomestead Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/americanhomeste/

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Homesteading Ideas. A Tour of Becky's Homestead.

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Duration: 14:23
Updated: 28 Jan 2013
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http://beckyshomestead.com/homesteading-ideas #409 Things to do on a homestead.

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Small vs Large: No Wrong Way to Homestead

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Duration: 18:28
Updated: 24 Dec 2015
views: 22626

Appalachian's Homestead and Dirtpatcheaven both are homesteaders but we are in different climates, different sizes, and different animals. Go watch the video and then go check out Patara's channel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvQNRjgRu3s Please like and subscribe! Find Us On: Website: dirtpatcheaven.com Etsy Store: https://www.etsy.com/shop/Dirtpatcheaven Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/Dirtpatcheaven/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dirtpatcheaven/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Dirtpatcheaven Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/blog/dirtpatcheaven Blog: edibleoasisidaho.blogspot.com NaturalHappy Beauty Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTIJ4fyT98-7DxC24sxHXtw

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Living off the Grid: Do You Want to Start a Homestead? (Frozen Parody)

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Duration: 4:50
Updated: 25 Dec 2015
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To follow our journey of living off the grid and starting our homestead 100% from scratch, subscribe to our blog at: http://purelivingforlife.com Just wanted to make this video for you all! It's not our normal type of video but we were feeling creative and our winter wonderland of a property inspired us to make our own homesteading musical! ENJOY THIS VIDEO? SUPPORT US WITHOUT PAYING A DIME! It takes us 40+ hours a week to document our journey on both our blog and our YouTube channel. If you enjoy watching our videos and want to help us to produce more of them, learn how you can help us without spending a dime! http://purelivingforlife.com/support/ BLOG POSTS YOU MAY ENJOY How We Researched, Found & Purchased the Best Land for Our Homestead: http://purelivingforlife.com/finding-land-for-homestead/ Juicy Details of Our 5 Acre Property: http://purelivingforlife.com/our-property/ Living off the Grid: Month One of Our Off Grid Homestead Development: http://purelivingforlife.com/month-one-roundup/ Living off the Grid: Month Two of Our Off Grid Homestead Development: http://purelivingforlife.com/month-two-roundup/ Why I Decided to Sell My Brand New Car Prior to Homesteading: http://purelivingforlife.com/selling-my-brand-new-car/ GET SOCIAL Follow us as we build our off grid homestead 100% from scratch! We post a lot of stuff to both our blog and our other social media channels that don't make it to YouTube, so be sure to follow us there for the full scoop of what we're working on! Blog: http://purelivingforlife.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/purelivingforlife Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/purelivingforlife Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/purlivforlif Twitter: https://twitter.com/pureliving4life WORDS YOU MAY USE TO FIND THIS VIDEO living off the grid homestead off grid lifestyle off grid homesteading frozen parody do you want to build a snowman parody homestead song building off the grid off the grid cabin

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Back to the Homestead - Searching for a Homestead Part 1

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Duration: 17:16
Updated: 01 Aug 2013
views: 60761

Welcome back to the homestead. This video will be a two part video. Over the past 8 weeks since we have been here in Middle Tennessee, we have looked at dozens of potential homesteads. Every homestead so far have either had many problems or one colossal problem that would prevent us from moving to the next level. As a matter of fact, one property subdivided a large part of the land off for a grave yard and created a huge easement that would allow their family to visit. I can just see it now: The mourners show up to see cousin Bob's grave and find a goat perched up on the tomb stone. We have seen easements splitting properties in half, creative and experimental septic systems, houses with more lean to the floors and walls than a fall fair's fun house and a grave yard in the back of one of the houses. Most nice houses are on small parcels of ground and most large parcels of ground hold a fixer-upper way beyond our tolerance level. On these two videos, we'll show you a sample of the homesteads that we investigated and the techniques we are using to make sure we find the best possible homestead that will meet all of our needs. And those needs have changed some since we've started looking. We may need to incorporate our mother-in-law into our home. Homes on more than 10 acres are subjected to Farm Credit and require 20% down and an increased interest rate. Our preference for how far to be away from family has tightened up our search area. Each property will follow at title that we have identify the property as. These two videos will show only a fraction of the properties we've looked at but are the best potentials. We have looked at properties sitting on 1 acre and properties sitting on 30 acres. We may not have yet closed on a property, but we have looked at all kinds of interesting possibilities. So, let's get the episode going and find out if we have found the next homestead here in Middle Tennessee.

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Tiny House Homestead ("The Upcycled Micro Home")

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Duration: 16:27
Updated: 12 Sep 2015
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Derek "Deek" Diedricksen (www.Relaxshacks.com, author of "Microshelters"), talks to Jess Sullivan, who alongside her partner Dan, built a gorgeous tiny house on a farm in Rhode Island. Jess and Dan's tiny house is off-grid, with an array of solar panels, a water purifier, and employs a wealth of salvaged building materials, and clever upcycling.

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Off Grid Living: The Importance Of A Homestead Pantry

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Duration: 9:54
Updated: 28 Feb 2015
views: 155863

Off Grider's, preppers and doomsday people, a PANTRY on any homestead is a key essential part of the success of your independent and sufficient lifestyle. However mistakes can be made that make the pantry more costly then it really needs to be. So thru our own experiences we have learned some good tricks and things to avoid when starting a pantry. We hope these tips will get the homesteader off to a good start!! Want to see more of Starrys Homestead off grid life? visit her at www.offgridevolution.com Visit Starrys off grid store ...see what she buys to keep her self sufficient and debt free http://www.offgridevolution.com/starrys-off-grid-store.html

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How Much Land Do You Need to Homestead?

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Duration: 12:44
Updated: 01 Aug 2015
views: 16508

Want to see what our first homestead looked like? We started with 0.15 acres and I believe we could have done everything we are doing now in that small space. So if you want to homestead don't let it stop you. The only change we really made was to put in a wood stove---which became the heart of our homestead. Find Us On: Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/Dirtpatcheaven/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Dirtpatcheaven Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/blog/dirtpatcheaven Blog: edibleoasisidaho.blogspot.com NaturalHappy: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTIJ4fyT98-7DxC24sxHXtw

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Spring On The Homestead

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Duration: 7:26
Updated: 25 Apr 2016
views: 1013

Spring is a busy time at the Big Family Homestead. We have loads of chores to do as we enter our gardening season. The rabbits are on vacation in the rabbit tractor, our backyard chickens get treats, and the family has a lot of fun in the process. PLEASE click this link to subscribe, Thanks ;) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClBCi5TpnTXorbRke79UyLw www.bigfamilyhomestead www.bigfamilymarket.com

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Urban self-reliance: homestead in Oakland's small rented lot

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Duration: 19:09
Updated: 13 Apr 2015
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Sheila Cassani began farming her rental home while a college student. She started with a small vegetable patch, but it soon spread to keeping chickens and bees and planting produce on nearly every available patch of the small yard not dedicated to the poultry. Cassani and her partner Matthew wake up at the crack of dawn to let the chickens go free-range, but she says the garden isn’t a lot of work once you’ve put in the initial investment. Since they're renting they've trying to keep their investments low. They focused on reusing found materials, such as old fence to make raised beds, bamboo that grows on the property for trellises and chicken fencing (even indoors, their furniture was mostly found, including a pallet wood sofa). They’ve dubbed their East Oakland (California) homestead the “Kansas Street Farm” and they try to keep things as closed loop as possible by catching rainwater, composting, using the chickens to prepare the veggie beds and fermenting leftover produce. Original story: http://faircompanies.com/videos/view/urban-self-reliance-homestead-in-oaklands-small-rented-lot/

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How to Start A Homestead: Starting A Homestead From Scratch

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Duration: 8:41
Updated: 08 Aug 2015
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How do you know if you're a homesteader? I believe you're born with it, some people will have a desire to live a simple stress free life growing inside them from an early age. But what if you're born in the city, what if you live way out in the country but not on a homestead? Learning new skills that will benefit you and your family, and becoming part of a community that is focused on living a more eco friendly community driven lifestyle will make you so happy. Learning how to start a homestead isn't difficult when you take the time to practice the skills you'll need to get moving forward on your dream. In this video I tell you my steps to follow for starting a homestead. I list 5 steps and explain each one for you. Becky's Amazon Link: http://goo.gl/Y9Vgmj

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Nomadic Couple Create Incredible Small Homestead

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Duration: 18:00
Updated: 15 Dec 2015
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Molly and Al lived an incredible life together on the road in their House Truck before finding their own idillic piece of land to set up a small homestead in the South Island of New Zealand. Their story shows an evolution from living in a house truck, to finding a more permanent solution for their retirement, that still allows them the freedom to hit the road when they desire. Read More: http://www.livingbiginatinyhouse.com/house-truck-to-homestead/ Please support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/livingbiginatinyhouse Please follow us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/livingbiginatinyhouse Follow us on Twitter: @TinyHouseNZ Follow us on Instagram: @livingbiginatinyhouse Please subscribe for more videos on Tiny Houses, design, and sustainable, off-grid living. 'Living Big in a Tiny House' © 2015 Zyia Pictures Ltd

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So You Really Want To Homestead?

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Duration: 9:30
Updated: 15 Nov 2012
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Follow Wranglerstar on Facebook for exclusive videos, pictures, & updates. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Wranglerstar/453208754723615 \Think about these things before you head for the real estate office. Learn more about homestead. Do You Really Want a Homestead? It is easy to watch people on television homestead. It is fun to read the articles in the various magazines aimed at homesteaders and small farmers and get the "homesteading bug". You can easily find yourself creating a scenario where you have the perfect bucolic existence complete with background music.

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Living off the Grid: Month One of Developing Our Off Grid Homestead from Scratch

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Duration: 3:32
Updated: 15 Oct 2015
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We spend 40+ hours a week on documenting our journey of starting a homestead 100% from scratch in hopes of helping others! If you enjoy our videos and want to help us to create more, learn how you can support us without spending a dime: http://purelivingforlife.com/support/ We moved to a remote location in Idaho in September of 2015 and made a video of clips from our first month living on our land. This video is extra-special because people may think that when they buy land and develop an off grid property that they get to hit the ground running on day one raising chickens, buying solar panels, starting a garden, etc. THIS COULDN'T BE FURTHER FROM REALITY! During the first 4-5 weeks we've been running around like chickens with their heads cut off trying to buy used tools off of Craigslist, keeping the dust down on our property so we can work, and making endless trips to dump our septic in our RV and fill up on water. These are all critical parts to starting a homestead. We spent hours and days driving around picking up materials from Craigslist (we picked up our Stihl chainsaw from a guy at a biker bar late at night... random!), calling people, doing research to find out what materials we needed and what a decent price was, and ultimately saved A LOT of money by doing our homework. This was because we had time and wanted to us it rather than buying everything new. Not opposed to buying new but only when it makes sense. In this short video you will see a hodgepodge of month one's chaos. We loved every minute of it, but ultimately we are excited to get to the building portion of our journey. The next four weeks we hope to: Get our septic system installed by a professional, get our solar security lights up, mill our own lumber (in the works!), build a deck for our off grid hot tub, build our off grid hot tub, and even begin construction on our barn. Stay tuned to follow our journey! To not miss a post or giveaway be sure to subscribe to our channel and blog at: http://purelivingforlife.com If you enjoy our videos and want to help us to create more, learn how you can support us without spending a dime: http://purelivingforlife.com/support/ PS: We had the opportunity to see a young Celtic band out of Spokane at our local theater called Broken Whistle. They are hands-down AMAZING, we bought both of their CDs, and we've been listening to them non-stop! That's why we just had to feature one of their songs in our video. It's a memory of what we were obsessed with during this period of time. We cut wood while trying to whistle these songs. Here is a link to one of their CDs on Amazon: http://amzn.to/1OxT1cD Other words you may use to find this video: living off the grid off the grid living

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Big Family Homestead Live Stream 4_24

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Duration: 77:39
Updated: 25 Apr 2016
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Howdy ... It's party time Homestead STYLE. 4_24 Christa and Brad rock'n it HOMESTEAD STYLE! Better have some movie trivia skills too!

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How To Build A Self Reliant Homestead

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Duration: 14:57
Updated: 27 Jan 2015
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Here is the process I'm currently going through for how to build my own self reliant homestead, and I thought you might find it helpful if I shared the process with you. Blueprints for the Portable animal shelter mentioned in this video can be found here: https://theprepperproject.com/ChickenTractor/

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Budget Homestead part 1

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Duration: 11:26
Updated: 11 Dec 2013
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After finishing the Budget Bus, we have found property and are now starting our "Budget Homestead". There will be videos of building, farm animals, gardening, and more with our attempts at doing things on a "budget".

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Complete Guide to Homestead Chickens

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Duration: 45:06
Updated: 28 Oct 2014
views: 230697

From egg to soup pot this is how we raise our chickens on a small budget and using repurposed materials.

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The Off Grid Winter Pantry - An American Homestead

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Duration: 8:35
Updated: 09 Nov 2014
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Jaimie walks us through the winter pantry as fall draws to a close. The main portion of the harvest is in and many have asked us to show what we have stocked up on. Still to come is the deer and sheep harvest. We have a lot of meat still to add.

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