How We Are Upgrading Our Homestead this Year

Everyday Homesteading

Homesteading Family

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🗓️ 9 May 2026

⏱️ 29 minutes

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After years of pushing hard on our homestead, we reached a point where we had to ask a tough question: Is everything we’re doing actually sustainable? Last year, we intentionally slowed down. Not completely, but enough to take a step back and evaluate what was working and what wasn’t. And what we learned changed how we’re approaching this year in a big way. In this episode, we’re sharing the real-life changes we’re making on our homestead. The projects we’re moving forward with, the systems w...

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0:51.9	magazine. But I think what was really interesting was taking that break also allowed me to
0:57.1	look critically at what I did want to go back to doing and what I didn't. And there were things that I'm
1:03.3	like, you know, it was such a relief not to do this thing this year. I just don't want to do it
1:08.7	to that level. Welcome to Everyday Homesteading, the show for busy
1:12.7	families who want more self-sufficiency without burning out. I'm Josh. And I'm Carolyn from
1:18.3	Homesteading Family. And in every episode, we share time-tested knowledge on topics from growing
1:24.7	and preserving your food to raising livestock, to herbal herbal medicine and anything homesteading in between.
1:31.5	Let's jump in.
1:32.8	This week we're talking about the projects and system updates and the changes we have here on the homestead this year and how we're looking at handling those.
1:43.2	Yeah, it's a pivot for us. We took a seventh year off
1:45.8	last year or at least attempted to. You guys heard that story probably. And now we're back at it
1:53.4	with some changes with adult kids living on the property, married on their own, but actually
2:00.3	contributing to the system.
2:02.1	So that's new. We've got some house remodel we got to do. Some things falling apart.
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