This can be the year you master new homesteading skills! Just follow this series of DIY articles from our new book, 52 Homestead Skills: A Self-Taught Homesteader’s One-Year Journey to Learning a Skill a Week.
Every month, we’ll release a different chapter from this engaging book by aspiring homesteader Kimberlee Bastien. The chapters will appear in a variety of exciting platforms, including issues of Mother Earth News and sister titles Grit, Capper’s Farmer, Heirloom Gardener, and Mother Earth Living.
Links to the latest releases will be posted here every month, so keep checking back to join Kimberlee and her family on their journey.
Buy the Book
52 Homestead Skills by Kimberlee Bastien
We’re giving you 12 great chapters for free, but there’s much more content available in Kimberlee’s book.
You can buy 52 Homestead Skills in our online store. Click on the link to see a preview of selected pages.
See Kimberlee in Person
Author Kimberlee Bastien will be appearing at every Mother Earth News Fair in 2019:
Belton, Texas – Feb. 16-17
Asheville, North Carolina – April 27-28
Frederick, Maryland – June 1-2
Albany, Oregon – Aug. 3-4
Seven Springs, Pennsylvania – Sept. 13-15
Topeka, Kansas – Oct. 19-20
Check out Kimberlee’s Mother Earth News Fair page to make plans to visit an event near you. Besides meeting Kimberlee, you’ll get access to experts’ money-saving hacks, health-boosting remedies, and hands-on workshops.
Let’s Get Started!
Here’s the list of content from 52 Homestead Skills that we’ll be sharing with you throughout the year. When a chapter has been released, its title will be clickable.
We hope you enjoy this year-long series, and embark on your own homesteading journey.
January
Start Your Seeds Indoors in the Mother Earth News February/March 2019 issue
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Feburary
Build a Chicken Chunnel in the GRIT March/April 2019 issue
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March
Knit a Dishcloth in the Capper’s Farmer Spring 2019 issue
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April
Beginner Bar Soap in the Mother Earth News Simple Living & Country Skills newsletter
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May
Forage for Wild Edibles in the Heirloom Gardener Spring 2019 issue
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June
Beekeeping Basics + DIY Hive to be announced
Whipped Dish Soap Recipe
July
How to Save Seeds
Podcast
August
Make Honey Hand Salve in the Mother Earth Living Weekly newsletter
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September
Tractor Basics appearing on Mother Earth News & Friends YouTube channel
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October
Homemade Cough Drop Recipe in the Mother Earth Living September/October 2019 issue
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November
Gluten-Free Sourdough Bread Recipe appearing in a newsletter to be announced
December
30-Minute Mozzarella Cheese in the Grit Weekly newsletter
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