Our Homesteading Journey from 0 to 100 in Just 12 Months
How We Became Self Sufficient in Homesteading as a Family
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Todd Bradshaw
About this listen
How we became self-sufficient in homesteading as a family
I want to share my life story with you as a way to help others going through a difficult situation. I realize that today many are facing financial and other major life issues. At first I went about my life, enjoying everything I had and none the wiser about how difficult things could become. However, that's when my life changed. It wasn't long after I lost my job that I found myself struggling to support my wife and our six-year-old son. I began to worry about what I was going to do and how I could possibly turn the situation around. That's when I learned about something called homesteading. I had never heard of it before, and it took quite a learning curve, but in just 12 months I was able to make our family self-sufficient and improve our life to a standard even better than it was before. So if you find yourself in a similar situation consider homesteading. Let me take you through my first 12 months and you'll be amazed at what you can do when you set your mind to it.
After listening to this book you will learn:
- Benefits of homesteading
- How to plan your homesteading
- Four "must have's" for a successful homesteading
- Twenty essential tools you will need
- How to get energy
- How to get lighting
- How to source water
- How to dispose waste
- How to find comfort in all four seasons
- How to raise livestock and chickens
- How to plan and grow a garden to feed your family year around
- How to harvest food
- How to properly preserve meat, poultry, egg, fish, fruits and vegetables
- How to build simple household items and furniture
- How to make simple beauty supplies, soap and cleaning products
- How to homeschool kids
- How to heal with herbal remedies
- First aid
- And much more
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Do you walk in a room to organize and find yourself paralyzed and overwhelmed? Do you find yourself spending money on organizing solutions that don't work? Organizing isn't easy. And having ADHD doesn't make it any easier. But it doesn't have to be impossible.
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Good but not great
- By Jennifer on 06-17-17
By: Lisa Woodruff
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The Best Hunting Stories Ever Told
- By: Jay Cassell - editor
- Narrated by: Jason Culp
- Length: 32 hrs and 45 mins
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Follow the trails of hunters - the original storytellers - as they interpret signs, examine tracks, and chase and catch their prey (or fail to). Listeners can curl up with the best authentic hunting fiction and non-fiction, bringing the great Mount Kenya and the prairies of the American Bison into your living room. From Theodore Roosevelt and Gene Hill to Rick Bass and Charles Dickens, remember classic hunting tales and discover new stories of hunters’ luck, camaraderie, and use of smarts on the trail.
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A broad collection of hunting tales
- By Elaine on 06-21-15
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How Dogs Love Us
- A Neuroscientist and His Adopted Dog Decode the Canine Brain
- By: Gregory Berns
- Narrated by: LJ Ganser
- Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins
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How Dogs Love Us answers the age-old question of dog lovers everywhere and offers profound new evidence that dogs should be treated as we would treat our best human friends: with love, respect, and appreciation for their social and emotional intelligence.
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- By Cindy on 08-06-15
By: Gregory Berns
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History of Bourbon
- By: Ken Albala, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Ken Albala
- Length: 3 hrs and 55 mins
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Is bourbon the quintessential American liquor? Bourbon is not just alcohol - the amber-colored drink is deeply ingrained in American culture and tangled in American history. From the early days of raw corn liquor to the myriad distilleries that have proliferated around the country today, bourbon is a symbol of the United States. This course traces bourbon's entire history, from the 1700s, with Irish, Scottish, and French settlers setting up stills and making distilled spirits in the New World, through today's booming resurgence.
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Expected a lot more about bourbon
- By Wes on 04-14-20
By: Ken Albala, and others
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Free Your Home of Clutter, Clear up Your Life with Hypnosis, Meditation, Relaxation, and Affirmations
- The Sleep Learning System
- By: Joel Thielke
- Narrated by: Joel Thielke
- Length: 2 hrs and 15 mins
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Clean up the clutter in your home and clear out worry from your life with this guided meditation and relaxation program, from certified hypnotherapist, Joel Thielke. It's as easy as turning on the tracks and falling asleep! The Sleep Learning System is specially designed to work with your subconscious mind during your sleep cycle.
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Good results so far!
- By Dawn A. Mccain on 02-10-15
By: Joel Thielke
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Puppy Training in 7 Easy Steps
- Everything You Need to Know to Raise the Perfect Dog
- By: Mark Van Wye, Zoom Room Dog Training
- Narrated by: Mark Van Wye
- Length: 3 hrs and 53 mins
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If you’re anything like most new puppy parents, it won’t take long to realize that your fuzzy little bundle of joy can also bark, chew, jump, and mysteriously get into A LOT of trouble around the house. Don’t panic - slowly remove the shoe from your pup’s mouth and open this book, because it’s time to start successfully training.
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Straight forward and engaging
- By Katherine Rodman on 06-04-20
By: Mark Van Wye, and others
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Mycophilia
- Revelations From the Weird World of Mushrooms
- By: Eugenia Bone
- Narrated by: Aimee Jolson
- Length: 11 hrs and 2 mins
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In Mycophilia, accomplished food writer and cookbook author Eugenia Bone examines the role of fungi as exotic delicacy, curative, poison, and hallucinogen, and ultimately discovers that a greater understanding of fungi is key to facing many challenges of the 21st century.
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Absolutely awful, insufferable, racist author
- By Rs 🦇 on 11-25-19
By: Eugenia Bone
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Unstuff Your Life
- Kick the Clutter Habit and Completely Organize Your Life for Good
- By: Andrew J. Mellen
- Narrated by: Andrew J. Mellen
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
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Arguably the most organized man in America, Andrew J. Mellen has created unique, lasting techniques for streamlined living, bringing order out of chaos for a client list that includes attorneys, filmmakers, and even psychologists. With Unstuff Your Life! he puts his powerful program in the hands of his widest audience yet.
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Good Stuff
- By Judy on 12-07-12
By: Andrew J. Mellen
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Horses Never Lie, 2nd Edition
- The Heart of Passive Leadership
- By: Mark Rashid
- Narrated by: Dan Lawson
- Length: 7 hrs and 6 mins
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A revolutionary approach to the techniques of working with horses, by a renowned instructor. In Horses Never Lie, renowned horse trainer Mark Rashid challenges the conventional wisdom of "alpha leadership" and teaches the listener to become a "passive leader" - a counterpart to the kind of horse other members of a herd choose to associate with and to follow. Applying Rashid’s principles and techniques helps cultivate horse personalities that are responsive and dependable regardless of the rider.
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Robotic reading
- By Julie Lynn on 05-08-15
By: Mark Rashid
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Secretariat
- By: William Nack
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 14 hrs and 34 mins
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In 1973, Secretariat, the greatest champion in horse-racing history, won the Triple Crown. The only horse to ever grace the covers of Time, Newsweek, and Sports Illustrated in the same week, he also still holds the record for the fastest times in both the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes. He was also the only non-human chosen as one of ESPN's "50 Greatest Athletes of the Century".
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Loved It - But It Is Not Just About A Super Horse
- By Julie on 06-10-12
By: William Nack
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The Triumph of Seeds
- How Grains, Nuts, Kernels, Pulses & Pips Conquered the Plant Kingdom and Shaped Human History
- By: Thor Hanson
- Narrated by: Marc Vietor
- Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
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We live in a world of seeds. From our morning toast to the cotton in our clothes, they are quite literally the stuff and staff of life, supporting diets, economies, and civilizations around the globe. Just as the search for nutmeg and the humble peppercorn drove the Age of Discovery, so did coffee beans help fuel the Enlightenment and cottonseed help spark the Industrial Revolution. And from the fall of Rome to the Arab Spring, the fate of nations continues to hinge on the seeds of a Middle Eastern grass known as wheat.
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Delightfully simplistic!
- By Adrian on 03-30-16
By: Thor Hanson
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It's Only Slow Food Until You Try to Eat It
- Misadventures of a Suburban Hunter-Gatherer
- By: Bill Heavey
- Narrated by: Bill Heavey
- Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins
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A longtime contributor to Field and Stream, Bill Heavey knew more than a little about hunting and fishing when he embarked on an ambitious project a few years ago to see how far he could get eating wild. But Heavey knew next to nothing about gardening or foraging, and he lives in northern Virginia, close to Washington, D.C. The rural wilds, this was not. Is it any surprise that his tasty triumphs were equaled by his hilarious misadventures?
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Not what I thought, but still loved it.
- By Austin Kelley on 12-08-16
By: Bill Heavey
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Wine for Normal People
- A Guide for Real People Who Like Wine, But Not the Snobbery That Goes with It
- By: Elizabeth Schneider
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Schneider
- Length: 14 hrs and 20 mins
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This is a fun but respectful (and very comprehensive) guide to everything you ever wanted to know about wine from the creator and host of the popular podcast Wine for Normal People, described by Imbibe magazine as "a wine podcast for the people". More than 60,000 listeners tune in every month to learn a not-snobby wine vocabulary, how and where to buy wine, how to read a wine label, how to smell, swirl, and taste wine, and so much more!
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When they want 5 star wine knowledge but ur 22 y/o
- By Alexia L. on 05-06-21
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The Everyday Guide to Wine
- By: Jennifer Simonetti-Bryan, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Jennifer Simonetti-Bryan
- Length: 12 hrs and 15 mins
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Every time you open a bottle of wine, you embark on a journey through a world of sensations. Yet for all its pleasurable qualities, wine can be bewildering in its mystery and complexity. Unlocking the secrets of wine is the key to heightening your appreciation of this rewarding experience. Whether you’re a novice looking to master the basics, an enthusiast who tours vineyards, or something in between, there’s no better way to learn about wine than from a wine expert.
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Please do more wine education!
- By JD on 02-13-20
By: Jennifer Simonetti-Bryan, and others
What listeners say about Our Homesteading Journey from 0 to 100 in Just 12 Months
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- Black Manning
- 06-23-17
Enjoyable, but brief.
Good narration. Pleasant listening. Wished it was a bit longer since I can listen faster than I can read. :)
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- matthew sayre
- 02-28-17
High level information.
Tends to be like a list format sometimes. i would have liked more detailed examples.
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- Shelia Gianotti
- 06-11-20
Didnt want it to end
it was so helpful. I enjoyed it very ixh. I didnt want it to end.
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- Scott
- 07-24-19
doesn't tell you how they became self sufficient
This book only tells you the first part of how they became self sufficient. This felt like part 1 of a 4 part book. I don't recommend it.
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- J. B.
- 01-23-19
for city folk
For people who never heard the word homesteading, planted a garden. or worked around the house. Best part: being self sufficient requires having a part time job off the homestead.
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- GoatHerder
- 05-20-19
Not What I expected, and not good for what it was.
Having listened to several excellent memoirs of back-to-the-land homesteaders ("Gaining Ground" by Forrest Pritchard comes to mind) and several less well-written entries into the genre (I won't name names, but they exist), I bought "Our Homesteading Journey" thinking it would be along the same lines. As a part-time homesteader with dreams of making it my permanent lifestyle, this is a genre I really enjoy. But this book is... well, it's not a book. It's a collection of lists. It does not tell the story of a family learning to be self sufficient - it tells you, the reader (or listener) how you can become self-sufficient, based on the author's research and experience. In other words, it's a how-to.
Once I realized that, I continued listening with adjusted expectations, and those also were not met. Most of Bradshaw's chapters sound like they were written by someone assigned a basic research project, with very little in the way of personal experience or knowledge coming through. And several of the statements made are flat wrong. For instance, he writes "you definitely want to avoid feeding your chickens scratch feed, corn, and scraps." Back yard eggs taste better precisely because our chickens *don't* rely fully on commercial rations, but have the opportunity to consume bugs, grass and, yes, scraps. The chicken's job on the farm for centuries was as a scrap recycling animal. Why advise against that? My chickens get our kitchen scrap bucket several times a week, and it's one of their favorite things. Scratch grain and corn can also be useful in colder climates where chickens need added carbohydrates for winter warmth.
Bradshaw also says "the best food for goats is leafy grass or legume hay, plus 2-3 lbs per day of commercial feed." Goats are ruminants who prefer to browse. Leafy grass and legume hay are fine, but goats should also have the opportunity to clean off branches, saplings, vines, and other higher growing plant life. And there's really no need to give them commercial feed except maybe to improve milk production in post-kidding does.
I don't want to belabor the point because this is not an attempt to tear the author down - simply to say that his recommendations aren't always the best. I'm glad he's pursuing self sufficiency, and if following his blueprint inspires you to do the same, you should go for it, and maybe learn from other folks along the way. My point is simply that, however successful his own transition to homesteading has been, Bradshaw does not appear to have the writing ability or depth of knowledge needed to make a meaningful contribution to the growing field of literature on small scale farming and homesteading.
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