The Hard of Homesteading

Roots and Refuge Podcast

Jessica Sowards

Home & Garden, Leisure

5 • 646 Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2024

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Hey, y'all! Welcome to episode 66 of the Roots and Refuge Podcast.

Today, I'm tackling the hard parts of homesteading, inspired by a post I saw in a wonderful Facebook group. It's easy to romanticize, but the reality is that homesteading is incredibly challenging and requires grit, discipline, and sacrifice. Despite the difficulties, it's worth it, and even the hard moments can be beautiful.

Homesteading can be isolating and often goes against the mainstream, but the naysayers can fuel your determination. Rural life brings unique challenges, and there's a hefty price on failure, leading to moments of disappointment when expectations don't match reality. However, the satisfaction and gratitude for hard work, the forethought and planning required (mentioned recipe here), and the deeply rewarding nature of this lifestyle make it all worthwhile.

Remember, homesteading isn't a one-size-fits-all journey, and life on the farm changes with each season. The challenge and intention behind every task are what make this life beautiful and deeply satisfying.

Join me as we explore the hard truths and rewards of homesteading, and let's appreciate the journey together. 🌱

Thanks for listening to the Roots and Refuge Podcast, where we embrace the art of homesteading and mindful living.

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0:00.0	Hey, y'all, what is up? Welcome back to the Roots and Refuge podcast. I'm your host, Jessica Sowers. My friends call me Jess, and I hope you will too. And here on my podcast, we talk about all things, homeading growing food by gardening raising animals preserving
0:22.2	preparing and enjoying that food as well as just trying to live a little more mindfully in
0:26.6	relationship with each other and with the earth today i have a little bit of a topic that i want
0:33.7	to chat with you guys about i want to let you in on my process. It's super official.
0:38.7	You'll be very impressed.
0:40.5	Not actually at all.
0:42.1	I have pretty serious ADHD,
0:44.0	and honestly, my mind is essentially 18 hamsters running in a wheel.
0:49.9	But my notes on my phone help me keep my hamsters straight.
0:54.3	And the way that I often come upon ideas and topics is that I'll just see something,
1:01.4	it'll spark an idea, and I'll take a note down.
1:04.4	And then when I come around to this point of sitting down in my office with my podcast equipment
1:10.4	and recording an episode for y'all.
1:13.5	A lot of times I'll go back to those notes if I don't have something like really pressing
1:17.9	that I want to talk about or share about.
1:21.0	And the note that I have returned to, the hamster, if you will, is I saw a post in a Facebook
1:26.7	group this last week and it is a topic
1:30.9	that I think we should talk about regularly. I have talked about this before, but I wanted to
1:36.4	revisit it because it's like a yearly reminder. We should have this fresh on our mind, maybe more than
1:42.7	once a year. And the comment, the Facebook group I saw this in is called homesteading and farming for women.
1:48.6	I am not, like, affiliated with this group at all other than the fact that I've been in it for a while.
1:53.8	I read in it a lot.
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