Can Homesteading Be a Full Time Job?

We’re deep in discernment at this point trying to determine if now is the time to make the leap to homesteading full time. It’s a frightening proposition, but the call is strong and I believe we can make it work. We will continue to pray as a family and seek inspiration from the Blessed Mother and the Holy Ghost. This is by no means a done deal, but there are exciting times ahead for the Traditional Catholic Homestead!

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Traditional Catholic Permaculture…. Really?

Some folks may not know what Permaculture is or why I would go through the trouble of creating an entire post or perhaps series of…

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Traditional Catholic Homestead Prepping

Before I get into the meat of this post, I want to say, in the spirit of full disclosure, that we don’t consider ourselves to be…

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Homestead Healing…Wound Salve

Our trusty family milk cow, Dori, came to us with a wound near her udder that just doesn’t want to fully heal.  She’s healthy, happy,…

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Pasture Finished Beef!

We’re gonna try something a little different this go around…..we’re offfering pasture finished angus from the Traditional Catholic Homestead to anyone in the Inland Northwest…

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Intoducing the Farmstead Meatsmith & Homestead Scale Butchery!

If you guys have never heard of Brandon & Lauren Sheard of Farmstead Meatsmith fame you are really missing out!  For those of you who…

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A Call to Catholic Rural Life

Since the dawn of the industrial revolution, as good people were abandoning their rural roots for the city life, church leaders have been warning against…

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Community Part III

**Warning this is a repost from the early days of the Traditional Catholic Homestead a couple years ago, but I feel like community is so…

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Community Part II

**Warning this is a repost from the early days of the Traditional Catholic Homestead a couple years ago, but I feel like community is so…

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Community, Can’t Live With it Can’t Live Without it! Part I

**Warning this is a repost from the early days of the Traditional Catholic Homestead a couple years ago, but I feel like community is so…

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