Mistakes We Made This Year… and What We Learned From Them

Everyday Homesteading

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🗓️ 6 December 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Mistakes happen on every homestead, and today we are sharing some of our biggest ones from the past year so you can learn right alongside us. Whether it is garden chaos, livestock mishaps, or ignoring that little voice of intuition, these lessons are part of growing wiser and more resilient on the homestead. We are also chatting about winter prep, homeschool rhythms, fruit flies in the pantry, and a few behind–the–scenes stories from life here at Riverbend. Grab a warm drink and join us for ...

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0:51.8	magazine. But I think the bigger thing that all of us can do is kind of emotionally
0:56.3	beat ourselves up. Yeah. And get into like feeling bad about the mistake versus learning from
1:04.8	a mistake. Oh yeah. Or starting to identify with a mistake and being like, you know, I'm just not a good
1:10.1	gardener and starting to make these statements about you as, you know, I'm just not a good gardener and starting
1:11.7	to make these statements about you as a person, like, I'm just not good at this thing or I'm not
1:17.8	good at that thing. And the reality is that the people who are good are the ones who have made
1:22.1	all of the mistakes. Welcome to Everyday Homesteading, the show for busy families who want
1:27.3	more self-sufficiency without burning out.
1:30.1	I'm Josh.
1:31.0	And I'm Carolyn from Homesteading Family.
1:33.3	And in every episode, we share time-tested knowledge on topics from growing and preserving your food to raising livestock to herbal medicine and anything homesteading in between.
1:45.1	Let's jump in.
1:46.4	We messed up.
1:48.2	Bad.
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