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On Time Homesteading

See our first post in this series about Good stewardship Homesteading here

Principle #2: On Time

If we don’t do things on time, we can miss important opportunities God has for us. If we do, we will be more efficient and work won’t pile up. This is really helpful in doing things to a high standard as well.

Practical Tips

Doing things on time is pretty straight forward:

    • Make a schedule and stick to it
    • Check frost dates and optimal planting times for your garden (this is connected to doing things to a high standard, because plants grow healthy and beautiful in the right weather. This also helps with principle #3; stay tuned!)
    • Don’t procrastinate! Ruminants need new grass promptly, weeds grow so fast, and chickens scratch dust bathing holes in the ground with incredible speed. If you do things on time, the ruminants will have fresh grass, the weeds will be controlled, and the chickens won’t scratch as many holes in the yard before you move them.
This chicken has made a dust bathing hole in the ground
This chicken has made a dust bathing hole in the ground
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Homesteading to a High Standard

Foundations for Farming,  connected with the Well Watered Garden Project and our friend Noah Sanders, uses four key principles in farming, homesteading, and all of life. Honestly, we aren’t perfect, and we are still working to reach optimal stewardship of what we’ve been given. But we still wanted to share these principles with you.

Principle #1: High Standard

God has called us as Christians to steward well what he has given us, and to multiply it. This means doing our best, working hard, and not skimping on anything. It’s a powerful witness to unbelievers to see an orderly, beautiful homestead, and it often saves you work in the long run.

Practical Tips

Doing your work to a high standard goes from the little thing to big things:

    • Don’t bite off more than you can chew. Work with portions that you’re able to do to a high standard. Then work up from there!
    • Straight rows
    • Clean animal environments (see this post about clean nesting boxes)
    • Keeping records
    • Planning
Straight row

How do you all keep your work to a high standard on the homestead or other contexts?

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