June 2020: Saving money with local supplies
June 2020 Behind the Scenes: A quick recap of some of the homestead happenings that occurred this month, including how we save money by using local resources for our new garden! June marked 4 months since we moved from Southwest Idaho to Western Washington....
April & May 2020: Sheep, Goats & Gardens!
Behind the Scenes: April & May 2020 – A quick recap of some of the homestead happenings that occurred this month, including our new goat, sheep, chicken coop and garden spaces! April 2020 Happenings: Seed Starting: Despite not having any proper plans for...
February & March 2020: Settling Into Our New Homestead!
Behind the Scenes: February & March 2020 – A quick recap of some of the homestead happenings that occurred this month, including some home and property renovations at our new homestead! Well, hello again! It’s been a while since I’ve posted one of our...
Project Zenstead is Now Rooted Revival!
I am excited to announce that some changes are happening on the blog! These changes will make the blog more useful and applicable for you as you build and grow your garden and homestead! A little background... As a wise man (Tracy Byrd) once said, “the only thing that...
Home & Homestead Before & After Photo Tour
Over the past 3 years, we've worked hard to create our dream home & homestead in Idaho! Today, I'm sharing all the before & after photos! Now that we are officially moving and leaving our Idaho homestead (all the deets here!), it's time to take a quick moment...
Big News: Our Homestead is Moving!
Yes, you read that correctly: We are packing up our homestead and leaving Idaho! We’ve been at our beautiful little Southwest Idaho homestead for three and half years now (get all the details about our Idaho homestead here). It has been glorious! This is the first...
October 2019: Savoring the Fall Season
Behind the Scenes: October 2019 – A quick recap of some of the homestead happenings that occurred this month, including: prepping our homestead for winter, transitioning to fall eating and savoring the fall season! Slow living during Fall: Fall is such a lovely...
September 2019: Our Garden Harvest Yields
Behind the Scenes: September 2019 – A quick recap of some of the homestead happenings that occurred this month, including: wrapping up our gardening season and our produce preservation yields! What a busy month! I feel like September just blurred into one never-ending...
We’re Doing a “No Spend Month” & You Can Too!
We are declaring October 2019: "No Spend Month"! We are challenging ourselves to save money, reassess our priorities and become more self sufficient! Want to join us? *No Spend October has officially concluded but you can still learn about how to do your own No Spend...
August 2019: Harvest Preservation Tips & Bathroom Renovation
Behind the Scenes: August 2019 – A quick recap of some of the homestead happenings that occurred this month, including: how we make harvest season easier, our bathroom renovation, and some surprise chicks! August was a whirlwind! We must have been momentarily...
July 2019: Raising Meat Chickens & Preserving Apricots
Behind the Scenes: July 2019 – A quick recap of some of the homestead happenings that occurred this month, including: summer homestead maintenance, preserving the apricot harvest and our experience raising our first batch of meat chickens! Summer is an interesting...
June 2019: Garden Watering System + Homestead Overwhelm
Behind the Scenes: June 2019 – A quick recap of some of the homestead happenings that occurred this month, including: a new garden watering system, a wildlife pond, preserving the early summer harvest, and dealing with overwhelm. June was one heck of a month!...
May 2019: My Garden Challenge (It Saved Us $$!)
Behind the Scenes: May 2019 – A quick recap of some of the homestead happenings that occurred on the Zenstead this month! Oops. Sorry ya’ll! It’s already mid-June and I’m just now getting around to talking about everything we did in May! ? June really hit with...
April 2019: Spring Homestead Chores & Maintainence
Behind the Scenes: April 2019 – A quick recap of some of the homestead happenings that occurred on the Zenstead this month! Thanks to this homestead lifestyle, Spring is winning over my heart even more than before! Spring brings colors and flavors and endless bounty...
March 2019: Baby Goats & Baby Plants
Behind the Scenes: March 2019 – A quick recap of some of the homestead happenings that occurred on the Zenstead this month! Two words to sum up March: BABY GOATS! Our mini-Lamancha doe, Gypsy, gave birth to four healthy baby girls! It was a picture-perfect...
February 2019: Improved Pasture Layout & Garden Planning
Behind the Scenes: February 2019 - A quick recap of some of the homestead happenings that occurred on the Zenstead this month! February is always such a strange month! When it starts, everything is frozen or tucked below the occasional blanket of snow. It gives me the...
January 2019: New Barn Addition, Sourcing Free Wood & Better Composting!
Behind the Scenes: January 2019 - A quick recap of some of the homestead happenings that occurred on the Zenstead in January! What we worked on: Why is January such a long month?! It felt like a whole year just rolled into one month! But it allowed us to get a lot...