Leaving the Homestead: What Every Homesteader Needs to Know Before Stepping Away

Pioneering Today

Melissa K Norris

Cookingfromscratch, Oldfashionedliving, Selfsufficiency, Home & Garden, Gardening, Heirloomseeds, Homesteading, Growyourownfood, Education, Survival, Pioneeringtoday, Leisure, How To

4.9 • 931 Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

So you want to go on vacation or you need to leave town for a few days... but you have a homestead. Feel like you're stuck? Listen to today’s podcast with four fellow homesteading moms as we share our tips and tricks for how we prepare to leave our homesteads. Plus, the commonly forgotten tasks!

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode number 471.
0:08.0	Today, we are going to be talking about leaving the homestead what every homesteader needs to know before stepping away specifically with the garden.
0:18.0	So you've put in the work, your animals are thriving, your garden's growing,
0:22.5	and you think you have your systems dialed in. But what happens when life calls you away from
0:27.3	the homestead? So whether it's a family emergency, a long-awaited vacation, maybe you're going to
0:33.9	the modern homesteading conference, or just a break from the daily grind.
0:38.5	Leaving your homestead for more than a day or two does take some serious planning.
0:43.7	In this special roundtable episode, I have four homesteading moms and we are sharing our must-do
0:51.4	preparations, commonly forgotten tasks, and clever systems to keep your
0:56.3	animals, garden, and home secure while you're away. You're going to learn how each of us
1:01.2	tackles watering systems, garden protection, animal care, and even homestead security, plus a few
1:07.9	stories of what not to do. So whether you're planning a trip next month or you just want to be prepared for the unexpected,
1:16.4	this episode is packed with real world wisdom for women who live it every day.
1:23.7	This episode is sponsored by Azure Standard.
1:27.0	So maybe, speaking of the garden, you didn't get in some of the things you wanted to.
1:34.0	Depending on what time of year you're listening to this and how far into summer you're catching this episode, you may be able to get some garden starts still through Azure Standard. They have a small
1:47.1	live start plant selection that goes usually through June. And I have gotten some of my
1:54.3	basil from them and definitely throughout the years have gotten different starts. Even some of my
1:59.0	medicinal herbs have come from them. It's called ellies eden and they have a great selection but it is only during the
2:06.5	spring and first part of summer months now you also most of us including myself can't grow every
2:14.6	single thing on the homestead some of it it's just climate-wise. I can't grow
2:19.2	certain crops here. We're too far north. We just don't have enough sun. And sometimes it's just a
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