Helping modern-day homesteaders ditch the grocery store with from-scratch recipes, easy tutorials, and the organizational systems and tools to make it all possible.

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6 Steps to Ditching the Grocery Store

Making the switch from being completely dependent on the grocery store to growing, preserving, and cooking from scratch doesn’t have to be overwhelming. Here are my 6 steps to food self-sufficiency.

  • meal planning
    Meal Plan
  • Create an Inventory
  • buying in bulk
    Bulk Buy
  • grow your own food
    Grow Your Own
  • preserving the harvest
    Preserve the Harvest
  • baking from scratch
    Cook & Create
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Meet the author

Welcome here!

I’m Staci

I am a wife, homeschooling mama of 9, homesteader, and entrepreneur.  In June of 2017, our family decided to make a life-changing move. We packed up our (then) 6 children and relocated across the country from Washington to Wisconsin to live our homesteading dream…

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Spring on the homestead is full of excitement and new life. Learn how to hatch chicks, forage, and plan for the upcoming preserving season.

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