Welcome to Zero to Homestead. This community is about real people, in real seasons, learning how to build a more rooted, intentional life together. Let’s get to know you. Please share: 1. Your name 2. Where you’re from (state or country) 3. Your current homestead season (dreaming, apartment, backyard, acreage, established, etc.) 4. One skill you’re most excited to learn or grow in 5. What drew you to this community 6. Your homesteading business, if applicable (CSA, baked goods, physical products, content creation/digital products, etc.) No pressure to be perfect: just be you. Whether you’re planting your first herb or building a full homestead, you belong here. 🌿

Let us know what you are cooking or baking from scratch this week. Bonus: add a photo of what you made. It can be anything from bread, canning veggies from the garden, or homemade yogurt to what you made for lunch.

The homesteaders who last the longest aren’t the busiest. They’re the ones who build systems. Systems turn constant decision-making into routines, reduce mental load, and make your homestead support you. Let’s break it down Start With Your Bottlenecks (Not Your Dreams) Instead of adding new goals, ask: What feels heavy or chaotic right now? That’s where your next system should go. Key Homestead Systems That Reduce Overwhelm 1. Seasonal Planning Systems Plan by season, not by day. Examples: • Winter: planning, ordering seeds, tool maintenance • Spring: planting, brooding, fresh food • Summer: maintenance + preservation prep • Fall: harvesting, preserving, putting systems to rest When you know what season you’re in, you stop feeling “behind.” 2. Garden Systems • Keep the same bed layout year to year • Rotate crops instead of redesigning everything • Track what worked once and repeat it A garden doesn’t need to be perfect. It needs to be predictable. 3. Food & Preservation Systems Instead of “preserve everything,” try: • One preservation focus per week • One preservation method per season • Batch days (one big canning day instead of constant small ones) Less scrambling = more enjoyment. 4. Chore Flow Systems Stack tasks that naturally go together. Example: Morning: feed animals → collect eggs → quick garden check Evening: water → harvest → kitchen prep The goal is fewer trips, fewer mental resets. 5. Simple Record-Keeping You don’t need a fancy planner. Track: • Planting dates • Preservation quantities • Animal cycles • What you’d change next year Future-you will thank you. The biggest mistake homesteaders make is copying someone else’s setup. Your systems should fit your climate, family size, energy level, and available time. A “smaller” system done consistently beats a massive system that collapses. If a system: ✔ Works most of the time ✔ Feels easier over time ✔ Can survive a bad week It’s a good system. Homesteading shouldn’t feel like constant catch-up. It should feel like a rhythm.

Leave a comment below and let us know where you are from and what is your favorite part of homesteading (gardening, baking, pantry building, canning, chickens, etc.)?

Hi Everyone! I have been adding new courses for our free and upper tiers over the past week. This week all members should have access to my new video on how to find and buy land for your homestead. You should see it if you click on the classroom tab at the top. Let me know if you have any questions or comments. 🙂