How Small Homestead Skills Create Big Confidence

In This Episode:

Why Wendi is identifying as a quilter before making her first quilt

The power of practicing simple foundational skills like sewing straight seams

Raising and processing 42 meat chickens and what that teaches about confidence

How tweaking systems makes homesteading smoother over time

A Florida cold snap that damaged the food forest and what resilience looks like

Losing a rooster and making the next right decision for the homestead

Combining flocks and preparing for a new generation of laying hens

Bringing home two bottle-fed baby goats and trying a new approach

Why self-reliance is a form of self-care

How skills compound and build lasting confidence

Referenced Episodes:

Episode 203: Raising Meat Chickens

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