Here's my biggest piece of advice if you are starting out homesteading, ie, this lifestyle is new to you.
Don't quit your day job, and start small. Don't try to do it all at once. Have a garden. Enjoy that? Make it bigger the next year. Make goals to preserve your food and learn how to can, dry, and freeze your garden produce.
If you're going to get some animals, start small with that too. Get a few chickens. Enjoy that? Get some more, or add another animal type. Especially with animals, it's better to be able to take care of the ones you have and want to get more, than to get in over your head and have to deal with illness, disease, and death.
This lifestyle is a LOT of work. If you try to take it all on, all at once, you may be overwhelmed. If you're a "write down a plan" type, write down what you think you can get done the first year. At the end of the year, assess how you did.
I doubt DH and I will ever be totally self-sustaining, but we're working toward that goal. We are always learning.
Don't quit your day job, and start small. Don't try to do it all at once. Have a garden. Enjoy that? Make it bigger the next year. Make goals to preserve your food and learn how to can, dry, and freeze your garden produce.
If you're going to get some animals, start small with that too. Get a few chickens. Enjoy that? Get some more, or add another animal type. Especially with animals, it's better to be able to take care of the ones you have and want to get more, than to get in over your head and have to deal with illness, disease, and death.
This lifestyle is a LOT of work. If you try to take it all on, all at once, you may be overwhelmed. If you're a "write down a plan" type, write down what you think you can get done the first year. At the end of the year, assess how you did.
I doubt DH and I will ever be totally self-sustaining, but we're working toward that goal. We are always learning.