Systems Approach to Homestead Living
Simple Easy Efficient
System: Veggie Storage
System: Bottled Storage
System: Onion Drying
We’ve been asked this question time and again.
How do you get it all done? The answer is systems.
No matter how it starts, all homestead living eventually evolves into systems, but there is no ultimate system. It’s an evolutionary process with best practices fitted to particular needs. One thing leads to another and the process never ends. There is no such thing as simply maintaining. Your systems will constantly evolve as you and your homestead change and adapt. This is the way it all really gets done.
Underlying every book in our reference library is a systems approach developed out of necessity and common sense. This drives homesteads forward but takes time to mature. By far, the most wasteful effort would be attempting too much too soon. Invariably, nuances emerge that dictate the next step. Take your time. The right systems will come to you. This is homestead living.
Why the Systems Approach Works
Instead of reinventing the wheel, systems simplify homestead operations with interactive parts leading to what works best for particular situations.
It all comes down to time and resources because there is only so much available. When taking your time to develop systems, step-by-step, you’ll be working smart instead of hard. It’s a learning process. You will find the right systems for your particular situation with perceived obstacles becoming systems for your success.
Homestead living is not complicated. In fact, it’s deceptively simple. It’s all about understanding yourself, developing and working with the systems that best suit your circumstances, and doing so with excellence one small step at a time. Then turning around and doing it again even better. It’s all based on failures that lead to the best systems for your particular needs.
Get your hands dirty with your head out of the clouds about homestead living and face reality head on. It will be challenging but it will be rewarding. You will fail, you will learn, and you will gain wisdom through your success at homestead living.
System: Winter Hay Feeding
System: Chicken Meat Harvest
System: Maple Sap Cooking