The Simplest Way to Learn Essential Homesteading Skills
Are you getting ready to take the plunge into the homesteading way of life but aren’t sure where to begin? Maybe you’re still living in a...
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LIFE ON THE BYERS RANCH HOMESTEAD
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The Unbound Blog
Welcome to our blog! Here, you’ll find recipes for herbal remedies, chicken keeping, gardening tips, DIYs, and all the
tips, tricks, lessons, and skills you’ll need to manage a homestead and become more self-sufficient. Whether you’re new to this
lifestyle or you’ve been doing it for years, we hope you find our content entertaining as well as educational.
We invite you to comment often on our posts and encourage you all to make this a safe community space where
everyone is valued, and everyone can learn.
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- Jul 9
- 5 min
What I’ve Learned after 3 Years of Growing Our Own Food
Since our move back to Colorado in 2019, I've been cultivating a garden. However, only when we settled on our homestead in 2021 did I...
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- Mar 14
- 3 min
Orange Cinnamon Chicken Coop Cleaner
We use all-natural homemade cleaners around our homestead. I set time aside each month to whip up big batches of everything from pine...
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- Jan 29
- 2 min
DIY Canning Ring and Lid Holder
Between our new Apothecary Business, canning, and general food storage, the bottles, rings, and lids in our house were starting to get...
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- Jan 5
- 5 min
5 Ways to Add Self-Sufficiency to 2024
More and more these days, thoughts of self-sufficiency are becoming top of mind for more people. When I look back on what feels like a...
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- Nov 21, 2023
- 5 min
Keeping Your Homestead Productive This Winter
The chill of winter is setting in here on our mountaintop homestead, and with cool temps comes a familiar shift in our everyday activity....
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- Feb 16, 2023
- 4 min
Homemade Laundry Detergent
Laundry, it’s a fact of life. But, did you know that you can make a simple effective laundry detergent in less than 5 minutes from...
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- Nov 1, 2022
- 8 min
Preparing the Homestead for Winter Weather
Oh my, Spring, Summer, Fall, they all went by in a blur and it’s (probably beyond) time to prepare the homestead for winter weather. The...
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- Sep 23, 2022
- 2 min
How to Make Squash Flour
We had a prolific squash and zucchini harvest this year. We spent days and days eating it with every meal and when that got old, I...
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- Aug 21, 2022
- 12 min
15 Ways You Can Become More Self Sufficient Today
The term ‘self-sufficient’ has been floating around for years, but as we’ve all watched the world descend farther and farther into chaos,...
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- Jul 8, 2022
- 6 min
Farm, Hobby Farm, Homestead, Farmstead, What's the Difference?
I was scrolling through one of my Facebook homesteading groups the other day and I saw a post from a girl who said something along the...
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- Jul 1, 2022
- 5 min
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Your Kitchen Scraps
It’s a sad reality, that as a society we are incredibly wasteful creatures. The amount of waste created every day is staggering. Our...
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- Jun 23, 2022
- 4 min
Homestead Update - Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My!
When you live in the mountains, wildlife is a natural part of every day. We’ve seen foxes run across the driveway. Hear coyotes how in...
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- Jun 10, 2022
- 4 min
Homestead Update - My Arch Nemesis
Well, this was supposed to be my lovely garden update… But, instead, I have to report on my brand new arch-nemesis. I suppose, if every...
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- Jun 4, 2022
- 4 min
Homestead Update - Our DIY Pallet Chicken Coop
Our sunny and cute DIY pallet chicken coop and run. The build was made almost entirely of salvaged materials and turned out adorable!
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- Apr 6, 2022
- 5 min
Are You Concerned About Potential Food Shortages?
I’m going to deviate today from my normal content and take a little time to talk to you all about the possibility of coming food...
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- Mar 29, 2022
- 5 min
DIY Cleaning Products to Kick off Spring Cleaning
Spring has officially sprung, at least on the calendar if not in Colorado. And one thing even those of us who hate cleaning tend to do is...
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- Mar 17, 2022
- 9 min
Learning to Homestead pt 2 - Putting the Home in Homestead
We’re back for part 2 of our Essential Homesteading Skills series - Putting the Home in Homestead. If you missed it, you can catch up on...
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- Mar 10, 2022
- 14 min
Learning to Homestead, pt 1 - The New Food Supply Chain
Homesteading is increasing in popularity these days as more and more people make the decision to become self-sustaining in a world that...
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- Mar 3, 2022
- 10 min
101 Essential Supplies Every Homestead Needs
There is a tendency to romanticize what life is like on a homestead. And while it is a simpler life by far, it also requires hard work,...
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