Why Our Daughter Chose to Stay Close to Home

Everyday Homesteading

Homesteading Family

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4.9 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 April 2026

⏱️ 36 minutes

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What happens when your child grows up… and chooses to stay? In this episode of the Everyday Homesteading podcast, I’m joined by my oldest daughter, Rachel, as we share the story behind her and her husband’s decision to stay close to home and build a tiny house right here on our homestead. We’re talking about what it really looks like to build a life near family in today’s world—from navigating independence and boundaries to learning how to work together as separate households with a shared vi...

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1:02.3	okay. Welcome to everyday homesteading, the show for busy families who want more self-sufficiency
1:07.6	without burning out. I'm Josh and I'm Carolyn from
1:11.1	homesteading family and in every episode we share time-tested knowledge on
1:15.8	topics from growing and preserving your food to raising livestock to herbal
1:20.7	medicine and anything homesteading in between. Let's jump in.
1:25.6	Wait a second, you're not Josh. No but I'm his oldest daughter. Today we've got
1:31.7	our oldest daughter, Rachel, here with us. We're going to be talking about her experience growing up
1:37.8	on the homestead, but also you've decided to stay on the homestead, you and your new husband.
1:45.5	So we're going to be talking about that decision and like the reality around all of that,
1:50.5	what that looks like.
1:51.7	But first, a little bit of chit chat.
1:54.2	We always do chit chat first.
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