Episode 17 - 10 Principles of Modern Homesteading

Modern Homesteading  Modern homesteading refers to a self-sufficient lifestyle—living autonomously, with minimum help from others. In a nutshell, it includes subsistence agriculture, renewable energy sources when possible, home preservation of food, zero-waste living, and, depending on your skills, even homeschooling, and craftwork. Modern homesteading is a lifestyle, and not one for those afraid of a little manual labour. This approach to self-sufficiency incorporates traditional homesteading practices with modern technologies and sustainable living, the best of both worlds. While there is flexibility in how individuals interpret and implement modern homesteading, here are 10 key principles and features commonly associated with it: Self-Sufficiency: Modern homesteading emphasizes self-reliance and reducing dependence on external systems by producing a significant portion of one's food, energy, and other essential resources. Depending on your skills and knowledge it could be as simple as a veggie garden and fruit trees, with a small flock of chickens.  Or you could go next level with a large garden that you could sell or barter the excess, with a large flock of chickens that you sell excess eggs, and maybe even a “killer” lamb in the paddock that you raise to butcher and fill your freezer.  My goals with Mojo Homestead are big! Go big or go home kinda big. Below is a list; Feed and provide for my family To grow enough garden produce and enough excess to preserve for the winter months,  To have our own supply of goat and cows milk for cheese and yogurt,  Grow our own beef cattle, goat meat and chicken meat for our freezer,  Raw honey from our bees, Fruit and nut trees, Enough wool for craft projects, Make our own soaps and candles,   Making an Income To be selling pasture-raised eggs and chicken meat,  To be selling raw honey and complete hives, To be raising poddy steers to sell for meat To be selling goats milk soap, To be selling microgreens and vegetables, To have a Shopify store/Amazon store for selling homestead-related products.
Sustainable Living: Modern homesteaders prioritize sustainable practices that minimize environmental impact. This includes using renewable energy sources, implementing water conservation strategies, practising organic gardening, and employing eco-friendly waste management techniques. We are off-grid for power, water, gas and sewerage. We also have no garbage service. We have solar panels and a small wind turbine with batteries to hold the energy. We do have a petrol generator but we are trying to build up a big enough bank to not need it. We have gas in large cylinders, but we are looking at the biogas digester systems, not sure if it’ll work in the cold. We have a 110,000-litre water tank and collect rainwater, we also have 5 dams. I’m looking into systems for slowing the water drainage on our property similar to Peter a