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Jaimie and her family live off grid and chronicle their adventures on An American Homestead.com and focus on being self-sufficient. Their only connection to the grid is through a phone line. They are able to get high speed internet through the phone line that is connected to and powered by a solar panel. Their goal with their website […]This post appeared first on MomPrepares.com

Jared and his wife from JandJAcres.net [take note of the .net] wanted some ducks that wouldn’t be too loud, would free range well, and raise baby ducklings on their own. They decided to get Muscovy ducks and have been very happy with them. Jared is also a certified permaculture designer who trains others and teaches […]This post appeared first on MomPrepares.com

Stephanie, one of our writers here at MomPrepares, started her married life in a large house with three bathrooms. She felt like her possessions and what she had to maintain was controlling her instead of her managing it. After a brutal loss – and five kids later – her family of seven lives in 700 square […]This post appeared first on MomPrepares.com

AJ Swezey from Gold Creek Rifles has been interested in knives since he was a boy. A year or so ago he was able to learn how to make them from his cousin who has been making knives for many years, and now AJ makes and sells hand made knives. He enjoys making things with his own hands […]This post appeared first on MomPrepares.com

Katie from Make It. Grow It has read a lot about alpacas and put that knowledge to practical use with her herd of about 10 alpacas. The main reason she has alpacas is because she is a fiber artist and grows her own good quality fleece for yarn that she knits with and sells on […]This post appeared first on MomPrepares.com

It was hard to find good,  clean meat at an affordable price for Jenna from The Flip Flop Barnyard, her husband, and 6 children so they decided to raise their own meat. They started with chickens and then got some piglets. The very first thing they learned was that you shouldn’t chase pigs and the second thing […]This post appeared first on MomPrepares.com