315. Homemaking in Transition: Staying Grounded When Life Shifts | K of Homesteady

Simple Farmhouse Life

Lisa Bass

Home & Garden, Leisure

4.9 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Homemaking doesn’t pause when major life changes take place; it simply looks different. In this conversation, K shares how her family is learning to build stability and peace in the midst of transition, moving off-grid to a 1,300-square-foot cabin in Alaska. We dive into the practical side of daily life without modern conveniences: hauling water, using solar power, and finding new rhythms for cooking, laundry, and homeschooling, while reflecting on the mindset shifts that make it possible to find joy in the challenges. This episode is for you if you need a reminder that even in stressful seasons, simplicity, gratitude, and steady forward motion can create a sense of home anywhere!

In this episode, we cover:

- How K and her family went from homesteading on the east coast to making a permanent move to Alaska after an off-grid summer experiment in 2023

- The surprising challenges of finding affordable, livable land in Alaska and how a podcast connection led them to the small cabin they now call home

- What life looks like for their family of nine in a 1,300-square-foot off-grid cabin— setting up solar power, ordering water, and using a composting toilet system

- How they manage the daily needs of a large family like refrigeration, cooking, laundry, and dishes without modern conveniences

- Why K actually feels less busy now than she did on their 100-acre Pennsylvania farm, and how this slower season is giving her space to refocus on homeschooling and homemaking

- Their long-term homestead goals, from installing a wood cookstove to possibly adding pigs, chickens, or even a small dairy animal down the road

- The mindset shift that helped her adapt when the move first felt overwhelming— acknowledging the chaos, starting small, and putting one foot in front of the other

- How living simply has transformed her relationship with possessions and space, from ruthless decluttering to letting go of “someday” storage bins

- Adapting to Alaska’s unique realities: high costs, long drives, and dramatic shifts between endless summer light and dark winter days

- K’s practical advice for beginner homesteaders: start with chickens, understand the true workload of dairy animals, and grow slowly

- Honest reflections on staying grounded through uncertainty, choosing gratitude, and trusting that every hard transition builds resilience

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0:00.0	But I had to go through that mental exercise. Okay, here we are. I hate this. This will never work. I cannot do this. And then walked outside for a little bit. Got angry. Got sad. Came back inside and we just got to work the first night because we needed a place to put that baby down so she could crawl. We needed a place where we could sleep safely and cleanly. So we just
0:21.8	got to work and did it. My name is Lisa, mother of nine and creator of the blog and YouTube
0:26.7	channel Farmhouse on Boone. On this podcast, I like to talk about simplifying your life so you can
0:31.6	live out your priorities. I help you learn how to cook from scratch and decorate on a budget
0:35.7	through this podcast and my courses
0:37.7	simple sourdough in the simple sewing series. I also help people reach their goals from home
0:42.8	through my business courses and YouTube Success Academy. I will leave links to these resources
0:47.0	in the show notes and description box below. Now let's get into the show. Welcome back to the Simple Farmhouse Life podcast. If you're watching on YouTube,
0:59.4	you see Little Miriam. Now this episode's coming out about a month after we're filming it because
1:04.1	we're trying to get back into the swing after having the baby. Oh my goodness, we're going to spit up.
1:09.6	So she's a month bigger by the time
1:12.0	you're seeing this, but this is my new little challenge of having a baby on my lap while doing a
1:21.4	podcast. So I'm still getting used to all that. If you feel like you hear some grunts and different
1:26.3	little noises or me fidgeting and adjusting.
1:29.1	That's because I do have the baby here.
1:32.3	But today, we're going to be chatting with Kendra from Homesteady, which this is a vlog and a
1:38.1	podcast.
1:38.7	You probably have seen them over on YouTube.
1:41.2	If you follow anything related to homesteading, they've been around for a while,
1:46.1	a decade, over a decade now. And they recently moved to an off-grid property in Alaska.
1:52.7	They have seven children. And so, of course, that inspires a lot of curiosity. How do you all do this?
1:58.3	How do you cook and deal with going to the bathroom and laundry and all that good stuff?
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