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All things homesteading: small livestock, homeschooling, gardening, homemaking, and much more.
Preparedness
Preparing for an unknown future: food storage, emergency supplies, prepping resources, 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
Favorite Meat-Free Meals
In my post yesterday, 5 Ways to Afford Real Food on a Meager Budget, I talked about how we ate less meat but still had high-quality meals. In this...
Menu Plan Week of March 31
Spring in Wyoming. Saturday was a perfect example of a spring like day for here. We woke up to rain. A little bit later that rain become a...
March Health and Wellness
I've been sharing what my journey through menopause and more. Several months ago I started having some issues that I finally attributed to...
Barley Soup
A few years ago I discovered The Prudent Homemaker's website. I love this site for the huge amount of frugal ideas. Brandy and her family built up...
Menu Week of March 24
Now that spring is supposed to be here we seem to be having winter. We have snow on the ground and it is pretty chilly at night time. Some of the...
Potato and Salmon Patties
This is a tasty lunch! Leftover mashed potatoes combined with wild caught canned salmon and an egg or two to hold it all together makes a super easy...
Menu Week of March 10
Last week was spring break for the public schools here. The girls were both out of school and Joe was off by 4:30 each day. Kiki did work all week...
Menu Week of March 3
I intended to post this menu plan this morning but I had computer troubles and an all around mess of a morning. My mess of a morning included not...
February Health and Wellness
Last month I shared how January went for me as far as health and wellness. In a nutshell, it was a rough month. And so was December, November,...