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All things homesteading: small livestock, homeschooling, gardening, homemaking, and much more.
About Millie
As a blogger for over a decade, focusing on preparedness, homesteading, off-grid living, and traditional foods, Millie has penned seven nonfiction traditional food focused books, sharing how—with a little creativity—anyone can transition to a real foods diet without overwhelming their food budget.
Millie uses her homesteading, preparedness, and off-grid living experience as a guide to writing her bestselling Christian Post-Apocalyptic series, Havoc in Wyoming and Montana Mayhem.
Recent Blog Posts
Menu Plan Week of September 8
It's been several weeks since I posted a menu plan. Not only have I not posted a plan, but I haven't really been making menu plans. I did make a...
Simple Lives Thursday #163
Welcome back to Simple Lives Thursday! Each week I enjoy reading through all of the wonderful tips, ideas and recipes for simple living. If you are...
How We Got Here- Part 1
When I first started blogging, at a simple family style blog, we were living in a 23 foot camp trailer in Northern California. The summer before...
Simple Lives Thursday #162
Welcome back to Simple Lives Thursday! Each week I enjoy reading through all of the wonderful tips, ideas and recipes for simple living. If you are...
Simple Lives Thursday #161
Welcome back to Simple Lives Thursday! Each week I enjoy reading through all of the wonderful tips, ideas and recipes for simple living. If you are...
Menu Plan Week of August 18 & Challenge Update
Last week I didn't really put a menu plan together. Not putting a menu plan together actually worked pretty well. BUT not well enough that I'm...
Simple Lives Thursday #160
Welcome back to Simple Lives Thursday! Each week I enjoy reading through all of the wonderful tips, ideas and recipes for simple living. If you are...
Menu Week of August 11 & Challenge Update
I decided not to do a menu plan this week. Instead, I'm going to wing it and plan the meals each night after supper. I'll be honest, this type of...
Basic Guidelines for Acquiring Food
One thing that has changed in our journey to real food is how we shop. In many ways we completely relearned this shopping skill. This was not...







