I can’t believe this, yet here we are.

Happy New Year to all our subscribers these past 7 years. We are rolling out another video thanking our subscriber base on YouTube. We just reached 5,000 subscribers this past December in 2021.  In the video, we discuss a wide range of topics that we are facing on the homestead this particular day. https://youtu.be/xWZcKthR55E We …

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Our Top 5 Christmas Traditions at Home

Christmas and Thanksgiving are perhaps our most favorite time of year as a family. We break out the decorations for Thanksgiving and as soon as December 1st arrives, Thanksgiving is replaced by Christmas. As a family, we have started many of our own traditions and also maintained a few of the ones we grew up …

(Live Chat 8:00 AM PST 8/28) A must have book for sustainable survival, Sailing the Farm by Ken Neumeyer

Join the conversation as we discuss the book Sailing the Farm, by Ken Neumeyer and living sustainably. Feel free to share book titles in the comment section you are aware of that can help feed your family, live sustainable even through a breakdown in shipping, hyperinflation, or even an economic collapse. We’ll be answering live …

Join us this Saturday at 8:00 AM

This Saturday at 8:00 AM PST, Living a Sustainable Dream is taking a break from splitting firewood to review one of the most coveted books on off grid, sustainable living. Sailing the Farm by Ken Neumeyer is full of insight and tried and true methods that can help any homestead survive long stretches during a …

What Does Sailing and Homesteading Have in Common?

What does sailing have to do with off grid living or homesteading? Our dream of living off the grid on a small homestead was much different in the beginning. In January 1998 on a cold dark winter evening, my wife and I escaped our 1 bedroom apartment and visited the local ShopKo to browse the …

Burning Down the OutHouse

This spring we were working with the tractor and we had a spontaneous moment.  We decided to remove an eyesore on the property.  We talked about it for years; we just never really acted on the desire to remove the building until now.  In the video, you will see the burning of the property’s previous …

A Family of Hams

What has brought this family together?  Over the past few months, my wife, son, and I have  been working together as a family to earn our amateur radio licenses. We spent about a half an hour to an hour each night reading the Technician Class Exam book produced by Gordon West.  All three of us were in new …

Canning Wild Saskatoon Berry Jam

There is an old saying, “When in Rome, do as the Romans do. This statement can be easily applied to food production and be rephrased as “Produce food which is native to the climate you live in.”  My wife and I have an orchard that has struggled these past 10 years.  We planted trees that are not …

Strange Sound from the Sky! What’s that Noise?

Last Monday, July 5th, 2021, my family and I were surprised to hear a terrible sound that sounded like a fleet of jets flying over our house.  The noise started at 9:15 AM and dissipated around 10:15 AM.  https://youtu.be/oPJjRjQnEqQ After much research, we have finally solved the mystery to this strange noise.  However, getting anyone to admit …

Lava Lamp gets a new life

For years my lava lamp has been sitting dead in my classroom. Every now and again I would attempt to see what was wrong and assess the situation.  Not wanting to be overly aggressive, I would put it back on the shelf and try again later.  The issue started with the light bulb being stuck …