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Why you should start homestead blogging

When I wrote my first homestead blog post it was with the intention to share with family and close friends. I always thought I would get a little more serious “once we had more going on”. There’s always something going on when it comes to the homesteading lifestyle. It’s been exactly 829 days since we moved onto the homestead. That’s 2 years, 3 months, 1 week, and 4 days. I can’t decide if I feel that it’s been longer or shorter than that.

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Homestead blogging is extremely beneficial and we all should be doing it for these few reasons.

As I mentioned in my previous post “How I Started Homestead Blogging“, I had a hard time finding bloggers in my area. This challenge is what initially started my homestead blogging (and some major support from my mother-in-law). Since I started I’ve realized that it was just silly that I waited so long to start.

What to know first about homestead blogging

Understand that you do not have to have a large, extravagant blogging goal in order to start homestead blogging. Maybe you don’t want thousands of people getting into your life, and that’s fine. You might just hate writing and would rather make more of a “notes” type journal for yourself, that’s fine too.

Growing a blog can be a lot of work…I know this because I’m currently trying. In the beginning, I wasn’t up for the challenge. That doesn’t mean I shouldn’t have been doing some form blogging all along.

Our goal is to raise and grow 75% of our food. We’d also like to decrease our overall cost of living through self-sufficiency. Unfortunately, homesteading does require a base amount of money for things like lumber, fencing, start-up animals, etc.

As my husband works, I work towards achieving these goals alone, for both of us and our future, unborn children. One reason I’m attempting to monetize this homestead blog is to contribute to our overhead. It would take some of the stress off of my sweet husband.

Reflect through homestead blogging

It doesn’t really matter if you’re new to this lifestyle or not when it comes to reflecting. With anything in life, it’s good to reflect on your actions. Homestead blogging is a great way to do that.

Two years ago I had no idea what I was doing on this mini-farm. I’ve learned a massive amount of information over the last 829 days and I often find myself wishing that I had journal entries of some sort to go back and read from my very first days as a homesteader.

I never took notes on our very first gardens or when we started breeding rabbits or growing barley fodder. If anything, it would be useful to have a personal blog or journal on things like this so I know which mistakes to not make again!

Learn from homestead blogging

This point ties into the point above, as it’ll tie into the point below, as well.

If you’re blogging or journaling about your homestead adventures, chances are you’re taking notes on important things. This could include which crops work best in your yard, which crops work best in certain beds or spots in your yard, which season is easiest to raise certain animals, and which aspects of your setups are costing you the most money.

One of the best ways to learn is to fail and reflect. It also improves your likelihood of remembering what you’ve learned if you write it down.

For example, I recently started documenting information on breeding our rabbits, when their expected birthing day is after mating, etc. I now know that our doe, “Thump”, drinks an amazing amount of water while pregnant and hates using the nest I give her.

Our second doe, “Mama”, doesn’t increase her water intake but is much more eager to eat. She loves her nest and prefers to prepare it about 2-3 days before her expected due date. When you document details like this it makes your life so much easier. It takes away the “wonder” aspect that, although sometimes fun, can be a real nuisance.

Teach through blogging

I’m currently running our homestead alone while my husband brings in the funds to make it all possible. We hope for him to one day have a larger role out in the yard and that means I’ll have to show him the ropes.

Can you just imagine how nice it will be to have this blog at that time? It’ll be like my own personal family textbook on homesteading.

The bottom line

I promise you won’t regret homestead blogging and especially urge new-to-it-all homesteaders to do it. If you’re a seasoned homesteader and you’re not already documenting your experiences, it isn’t too late to start!

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5 Comments

  1. Lori vaughn says:

    Currently my blog is more about homemaking than homesteading but it all kind of blends together right? 🙂 looking forward to logging our experiences and sharing!

    Awesome blog!

    Lori at Vaughnstead.com

  2. Hi, I just started a family farmstead blog to share our journey and remind people to just give it a try! This was very encouraging to me! Thank you!

    1. Hi Meagan! I’m so glad to know this worked for you and helped you. I’m headed over to take a look at your blog now! I’m excited to follow your journey and I’m happy to help along with way – whether that be blogging, homesteading, or intentional living! Good luck to you and thanks for stopping by!

  3. I’ve recently done a soft launch on my homesteading blog, but I keep worrying that it won’t be all that I hope it to be. My husband and I both work full time and only have our weekends to be on the farm and to do what needs to be done, so my goal is to have my blog bring in an income so that we can slow life down a little. Thanks for your post and I look forward to reading more.

    1. Hi Alyssa! That is so great – congratulations! I remember the feeling when I started my own blog. If you stay consistent and never stop reading and learning, I know you’ll go far! Good luck and I hope to see you around!