@Self-Sufficient Homestead
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Food self-sufficiency, small-space homesteading, off-grid systems, and household resilience through growing and raising food.
16 videos in Food & Water
Ten Years on a Half Acre: Building Self-Sufficiency Without Burnout
Reflective essay on a decade of backyard farming, off-grid systems, and raising animals on half an acre: what it cost, why expansion became unsustainable, and how to choose between growth and contentment.
I Built a Food Forest for My Ducks (Here's What Happened)
Twelve-minute walkthrough of a backyard food-forage experiment for Muscovy ducks: what plants survived grazing, why Jerusalem artichokes outperformed intentional crops, and lessons for building sustainable animal runs.
Growing Free Chicken Feed in a Kiddie Pool: Azolla Experiment
Thirteen-minute walkthrough on growing azolla (an aquatic fern) as supplemental chicken feed, including setup, harvesting, drying results, and honest cost-benefit analysis.
Is Raising Your Own Chicken Actually Cheaper?
Full cost breakdown of raising meat and laying chickens at home: feed, infrastructure, per-pound economics versus store-bought, and why food independence matters beyond the math.
You Don't Need Acres to Grow Your Own Food
Nine-minute tour of a quarter-acre backyard garden: fruit trees, chickens, corn, and vegetables with tips for maximizing small spaces and fixing mid-season mistakes.
We Own Everything and We're Happy
How a family eliminated debt, owns their property and vehicles outright, and built financial resilience through off-grid solar, food production, and repair skills.
I Can't Unknow This
Why one family decided to grow almost all their own food on half an acre: seed oils, misleading labels, corporate consolidation, and how to raise eggs and meat chickens in a regular neighborhood.
I Planted a Garden to Block Out The World
Half-acre property tour showing how to layer crops, trees, and shrubs for year-round privacy and food production on a small lot without expensive fencing.
This Is My Health Insurance
How a decade of poor health and desk work led to quitting to build a half-acre homestead; why daily physical labor growing food became more effective than insurance premiums.
Our Life Is a Mess (And I've Never Felt Richer)
Ten-year journey building a debt-free half-acre homestead: why financial independence through small-space living, food production, and intentional frugality outweighs conventional wealth.
Gardening for Resilience: Growing Food Without the Store
Twelve-minute walkthrough of breeding resilient crop varieties and landrace gardening to achieve food independence for a family on half an acre without buying seeds or store supplies.
The Most Self-Sufficient Animal You Can Raise at Home
Ten-minute walkthrough on raising Muscovy ducks for meat and eggs with minimal space, noise, or feed cost on suburban homesteads.
You Don't Need Acres to Grow This Much Food
Garden tour and walkthrough of growing vegetables, grains, and animal feed on less than half an acre using closed-loop fertilization from livestock.
My Chicken Food Forest—Year Three (It's Finally Working)
Three-year progression building a self-sustaining perennial forage system for chickens on a half-acre: plant selection, design iteration, and what establishes itself once systems mature.
I Planted a Food Forest For My Ducks (No More Mud Pit)
Building a productive food forest and DIY pond filtration system in a duck run to grow animal feed on-site and reduce trips to the feed store.
I Stopped Scrolling and Started Building (Here's What Changed)
Personal narrative on shifting from consumption to creation: growing food in small spaces, building community ties, and intentional living as household resilience.