How Persistence Leads to More Food and Saves you Time

Not Permanence, But Persistence: A Better Way to Garden and Homestead

We often imagine the ideal homestead or garden as something permanent: tidy rows of vegetables, a picture-perfect chicken coop, fruit trees blooming right on cue, and systems running like clockwork. But the truth is, that vision is a myth.

Gardening and homesteading are not about permanence. They’re about persistence.

If you're waiting until you have everything figured out before you start, or if you're feeling discouraged because your plans didn’t turn out just right, take a breath. You’re not failing. You’re learning. And that’s exactly how this lifestyle is supposed to work.

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Nature Doesn’t Stand Still And Neither Should We

Nature is constantly shifting from weather patterns, pests, soil health, and even our own energy levels change from year to year, and sometimes from day to day. You might do everything “right” and still lose a crop to a freak frost or a pest outbreak.

That doesn’t mean your system was broken. It means nature doesn’t follow a fixed script and our role as gardeners and homesteaders isn’t to control it, but to keep showing up and working with it.