Hi, everybody. This is Joe Lample, the Joe behind Joe Gardner, and welcome to the Joe Gardner

show. Today we're covering a topic that is yet another first for this podcast series

on homesteading. And why it's taken over six years to cover this is really a mystery. Now

that I think about it, especially when you consider that a huge part of homesteading

involves growing your own food and likely doing all you can to bring in pollinators and

beneficial insects to and of course, canning and preserving the harvest. But in hindsight,

maybe that was a good thing that it's taken this long because our guest today is perfect

for our conversation on the subject. Jill Winger is the author of a brand new book, Old Fashioned

On Purpose. And she is also the founder and CEO of the Prairie Homestead and podcast,

a popular online space that's dedicated to helping people learn how to grow their own

food and opt out of the rat race for regardless of where they live. I love that. And beyond

her experience of business success, I think part of what makes Jill really the ideal guest

for this episode is that one, she readily admits that she loves to geek out on the details.

And two, she didn't grow up homesteading, but she always felt a calling to the land and

a simpler life and no surprise as young newlyweds when Jill and her husband Christian began

looking for their first house. They found themselves buying a neglected Wyoming farm

stead 40 miles from the nearest town. So partly out of necessity, but more so out of desire,

embracing a homesteading lifestyle would change everything. I loved reading her new book.

And I'm excited to bring you our conversation today because Jill's approach to modern homesteading

offers really practical ways that anyone anywhere can embrace some of the hallmarks of homesteading

or more if you'd like, but without having to own a bunch of land or a barnyard of farm

animals. So if just embracing some of the simpler things in life sounds appealing to you,

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