Everyday Homesteading Podcast
Desperate to grow, cook, and preserve real food for your family in only 5-10 hours a week, but stuck as a new homesteader looking for practical, tried and true methods that work?
You wanted those pantry shelves filled yesterday, but the more you try, the more it seems a distant pipe dream. Online content is filled with impractical, untried homesteading advice, which wastes your precious time and money.
Everyday Homesteading steps in with practical, tested solutions, cutting through the chaos with clear plans tailored for busy beginners to reclaim your family’s health and independence through gardening, raising livestock, fresh seasonal cooking, herbal medicine and safe food preservation.
Hosted by veteran homesteaders, Josh and Carolyn Thomas, who grow 70% of their family’s food while running two businesses and homeschooling their large family, they have mastered practical homesteading for busy modern families. They have taught hundreds of thousands of new homesteaders to thrive with real-life homesteading through their online platforms Homesteading Family and School of Traditional Skills.
Tune in weekly to learn how to grow, cook, and preserve your family’s food, ditch health-destroying toxins, and save money monthly on groceries, all while building strong relationships and a sustainable legacy for your kids. Hit play now!
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The Latest Episodes
Stop Planning and Start Gardening (Even If It’s Imperfect)
Afraid to start a garden? Learn why most people never begin, how to overcome fear of failure, and the simple habits that lead to
Self-Sufficiency Is a Myth (And Why Skills Matter More)
There was a time when we thought the goal of homesteading was complete self-sufficiency. The dream looked something like this: living far from everything,
Things to Know Before Calling the Vet
After years of experience (and a few frustrating phone calls), here are the things to know before calling the vet.
The Secret to Reliable Bread
Making bread is one of those homesteading skills that feels simple on the surface and intimidating in practice. Many people try it once or
How to Create a Household Rhythm That Supports Your Family and Your Homestead
If you’ve ever woken up already feeling behind, already tired, already overwhelmed before the day has even begun, you’re not alone. I hear this
Nurturing a "People First" Homestead
Let’s talk about something that I think every single one of us feels on the homestead, that constant tension between all the work that
Finding Freedom Through Gridlessness
Every now and then, I sit down with someone whose story makes you rethink what freedom really looks like. Join me with Jeff from
What We’d Tell Our Younger Homesteading Selves (After 20+ Years)
When Josh and I first started homesteading over twenty years ago, we didn’t even know that’s what it was called. We were just a
Looking Back on Our Year of Rest
Last year, we made a simple but intentional decision: we wanted to slow down. We weren't quitting homesteading, we weren't going to stop caring
Finding Rest in the Quiet Times
If there is one thing almost every homesteader has joked about, it is this mythical idea that “this winter, we’ll finally rest.” Josh and
Can Anyone Keep a Dairy Cow?
For most of human history, families have depended on grazing animals to feed themselves. The sun hits the grass, the grass feeds the cow,
Mistakes We Made This Year… and What We Learned From Them
If there's one thing we have learned over the years of growing food, raising livestock, homeschooling a big family, and trying to run an
