#homesteading lifestyle

[floydfamilyhomestead]

3 Old World Skills Renewed

Old World Skill: Food PreservingOld World skill: GardeningOld World Skill: Livestock The revitalization of the “Back to Basics” movement has brought with it the old-world skills that the pioneers once used to survive but with a modern-day twist. While no longer essential to survival, these skills are now being used by modern-day homesteaders to gain their freedom from dependence. Skills such as…

[brieflyinfatuated]

Hey at least I meal prep, that's FOUR dinnars right there

My dinnar

[everlastinghistory]

Stop using Hannah Neeleman (Ballerina Farm) as an excuse to claim all housewives are miserable.

Yes, Hannah is in a horrible situation. What you are missing here is that SHE IS IN A CULT. She is LITERALLY in a cult. Her being harassed for 6 months and forced into that lifestyle is insanely different than women who willingly choose it on their own.

I 100% think Hannah deserves freedom from that relationship. But the problem in that relationship is not that she’s a housewife or a stay at home mom.

It’s that she and her husband are in an actual cult. Their values are not traditional. They were created by a cult.

Hannah is not a tradwife. Nothing about their situation is traditional. Her husband is a billionaire. She has millions of followers on social media. She competes in beauty pageants. She’s not a tradwife.

The problem is that they’re in a cult.

[esotericmama]

Wives and Mothers Labour

I want to point out the amount of labour and work a woman living in a traditional lifestyle would do, since people often are quiet snide and rude about wives/mothers being "lazy" and "sitting around all day".

- childcare, changing, feeding, washing and caring for children, in many cases educating them as well, even a child went on to formal education, their early education was likely their mother teaching them speech, letters, numbers, colours and shapes, etc.

- food. I think in the modern world of take out and instant meals everywhere, many people have forgotten the labour behind preparing food, especially if you're not using electrical appliances. Women would be up early lighting the fires, grinding the corn to make flour, churning their butter, baking the bread,

- farming. Taking care of the household Livestock, milking animals, feeding and watering, collecting eggs. Tending to the gardens and crops, planting and harvesting. (This was a shared labour of all the household, but women certainly pulled their weight)

- clothes. Sewing and mending, making cloths for the family, in many traditional cultures women even spin the thread from scratch and wove the fabric on the loom as well (not to mention laundry!)

- there were many other household products to be made as well, like making the soaps and candles for the family to use throughout the year

The whole bored and unstimulated housewife meme is a product of a very specific culture, the modern American 1950s suburban lifestyle, it is not reflective of most cultures and time periods at all. Just because these women never received a paycheck doesn't mean their labour is worthless and I think it should be appreciated and admired for the amount of work they did to run and maintain their households.

[heelanhomestead]

We’ve had some lovely sunshine in the garden today and our Buddleja (butterfly bush) is definitely living up to its name. I’ve never seen so many butterflies fluttering around it … a beautiful sight and I’m enjoying every minute … 🥰🦋

[dragonmermaidcrossing]

[capturingcharisma]

“The flower, when it wilts, becomes the compost. The compost can help grow a flower again. Happiness is also organic and impermanent by nature. It can become suffering and suffering can become happiness again.”― Thich Nhat Hanh

[ipromisetostaywild]

[cozycottagelife]

The evolution of a dream. 📸: millengordonhome | IG

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[collectorofallthingssentimental]

fun fact: chickens purr when they're content

[ryanscabinlife]

Slowly processing your harvest outside on a beautiful sunny day and listening to chill music is probably one of my favourite sensations, all I was missing was a glass of really cold iced tea. It reminded me why I chose to live a slower and simpler life. Such a feel-good moment. Also, it's very validating to find more use for my d.i.y. crap.

24-Jul-2023

[everlastinghistory]

[anpaintsthemoon]

the only reason why i'm already ready for summer ✨🌞🪲🐛✨

[heelanhomestead]

Wow … what a success. We spent the morning pulling onions and look how many we’ve got. 🥳

I’m so happy and grateful for such a lovely harvest, especially as we get through so many onions, I literally can’t grow them fast enough. Now we just have to lay them out and let them dry / cure for a couple of weeks.

I can’t wait to cook with these little beauties … they look so good 😋

[dancinginthedarkwithdio]

This is my future ✿