Leave a reaction | Ayanda Kunene | Last update: 26 April, 2023
What is a homesteader? A person who's mindful of their stewardship. We are in relationship… period. Permaculture is the study of the relationship of all things. You will not start farming without noticing relationships (whether beneficial or detrimental).
My story with homesteading steeps all the way back to when I was a child. I had a very romantic vision of what homesteading was. My love affair with animals and raising them was all-consuming. I also joke that while my peers were pledging sororities, I was reading books about goat husbandry.
From there I realized the importance of the localization of food and before I knew it now I get to share this journey with people all over the world through our YouTube
The Shift of 2020
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Because of COVID, the homesteading world was opened to people who had never even heard the term “homesteader.” People all over the world were thinking about food security, how they can raise their own food, and grow a garden in their backyard or even on their balcony.
For the first time ever, many people are thinking if they should be concerned about food security, and what that means for their family.
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One thing I would like to reiterate is that fear is never a good motivator. Don't let fear be the driving factor for you and your decision-making. Rather, turn your waiting room into a classroom and start growing food at home, get a few chickens and start raising backyard egg-laying chickens.
I would say all this whether there were issues in our food supply or not. This is simply a healthy lifestyle to be living. To be connected with nature, getting outside daily, grounding yourself to the earth and growing something with your hands. It's a way to thrive and there's so much connection to creation when we make the choice to grow something ourselves
Turn Your Waiting Room into a Classroom
I have a very deep-rooted belief that we can all turn our waiting room into a classroom. This can apply to anything! If you have a dream in your heart, the very best way you can steward that promise is to do everything within your capacity, where you are, to receive the fulfillment of that promise.
I had that dream. I had that promise that I was waiting to be fulfilled. But the very first step I took in fulfilling my dream of homesteading was to restore a rusty, neglected cast iron skillet.
It was one skill at a time, and before I knew it I had this arsenal of skills under my belt.
In This Episode:
What is a homesteader?
Life is all about relationship.
Loops and systems display the relationships all around us.
How we can steward what we've been given well? .
How COVID affected the homesteading world and its definitions?.
Turning our waiting room into a classroom.
Having mindfulness of our relationship with the earth.
Don't have a “take” mindset with the land.
Learning the art of giving.
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There Will Be Failures
Understand that in this journey of becoming a homesteader, there will be mistakes made. There will be “failures.” But you also have the opportunity to realize those lessons are just that, lessons! They're not mistakes if you learn from them and don't repeat those mistakes a second time.
Keep pressing forward, knowing that each lesson, each “failure,” is actually propelling you toward a larger goal. When we keep that in mind, this homesteading life is one that's filled with joy, adventure, wonder and awe.
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