Looking for a homesteading how-to that's practical, inspirational and real? If you’ve been thinking about homesteading and weren’t sure how to get started, Jill Winger has put together a great resource in Your Custom Homestead to give you the “nudge” you need to get motivated.
Jill's created a 21 day, step-by-step process to walk you through the planning stages of turning your home – wherever you live – into a homestead.
In the Brainstorming section, she discusses creating a homestead binder and mission statement, setting goals, prioritizing and organizing. In the Prep Work Section, she examines structuring your finances, researching, expanding your skill sets and learning about local resources. The “Let's Do It!” section covers planning, cooking, planting, animals and food storage, as well as planning for rest. (It's so easy to get overwhelmed!)
I’ve been at this for years, and I still found her organization tips to be helpful. The personal stories are a lovely touch. If you purchase Your Custom Homestead through the link below, I receive an affiliate payment. (Thank you!) The book can also be purchased directly form Jill's site or for Kindle on Amazon.com.
Purchase Your Custom Homestead
Beth C. says
March 20, 2012 at 9:47 amNice Giveaway!
Kristi@LetThisMindBeInYou says
March 20, 2012 at 10:06 amThanks for the opportunity to win this book. I’ve been looking at it [longingly], but haven’t gotten around to buying it for one reason or another. I hope I win! 😀
Kyria Baker says
March 20, 2012 at 11:27 amThe last entry, Subscribe to the Prairie Homestead, won’t register. I did subscribe in my Google Reader, but can’t seem to make the entry work.
Thanks for the giveaway!
CommonSenseIdea says
March 20, 2012 at 1:10 pmI checked the setup on rafflecopter and as far as I can tell I’ve got it set up right. As anyone else running into this problem? Sorry for the technical difficulties!
Vicki Harmon says
March 20, 2012 at 4:18 pmI keep trying to pin it but it wont go through
CommonSenseIdea says
March 20, 2012 at 4:31 pmVicki – I think pinterest may have a problem with pinning some giveaways. I just tried it and it doesn’t display right, either.
Suzan Macco says
March 21, 2012 at 10:25 amThanks to Laurie for putting the link right in my face so that I could find it! lol! You are a peach, Laurie! Pick me, ok?!
DogsMom says
March 22, 2012 at 10:18 amI came over from the Prairie Homestead on FB. Happy to have an opportunity to win this. The discount is a great deal too!
Cheeryshirley says
March 23, 2012 at 12:21 pmLaurie, I just purchased the e-book and am so excited to read it…but, it didn’t show up in my e-mail. What do I do now? BTW, thank you for the discount! A great deal! So looking forward to getting it! Thanks for any help you can provide in getting it to my e-mail box! 🙂 Cheeryshirley
CommonSenseIdea says
March 23, 2012 at 12:39 pmShirley – any chance it could have been caught by your spam filter? I’ll contact Jill and see if she can track what happened. i know you’re going to enjoy it!
Cheeryshirley says
March 23, 2012 at 2:32 pmLaurie ~ I found it! Thank you so much! And, yes! I will enjoy it! We plan to read it aloud…my husband is blind. We are so looking forward to it! I just scanned it briefly, and it LOOKS GOOD! I do need to “be content in whatever state I am in”!
CommonSenseIdea says
March 23, 2012 at 9:48 pmThat may very well be the best lesson in the book. 🙂 So glad you found it.
Nathan B says
March 26, 2012 at 10:54 pmIt’s not letting me enter. I’ve reloaded the page and tried different browsers and all the entry things are grayed out but I have 0 entries 🙁 still have 6 minutes.
CommonSenseIdea says
March 27, 2012 at 10:11 amNathan – not sure what the problem may have been, but there’s a new giveaway that just started up at GNOWFGLINS so you can try again – http://gnowfglins.com/2012/03/26/anyone-can-homestead-an-ebook-giveaway/
This giveaway is open now and ends Sunday, April 1, 2012 at midnight.