Description
This guide is all about making a successful move to the country. This book is a compilation of updated articles previously published in Backwoods Home Magazine and Self-Reliance.
- Making a successful move
- Planning is essential
- Realistic goals
- Tips for older homesteaders
- Building a side business in the country
- Saving money on the homestead
- Quit your job and homestead full time
- The good life starts with your garden
192 Pages
Foreword
If you’d like to move farther into the countryside and be more self-reliant, perhaps even raise a few chickens and goats, plant a garden, and can some of your own food, you’re not alone. For 35 years, Backwoods Home Magazine (BHM) and Self-Reliance (SR) readers have been extolling the stress-free and healthful lifestyle of living in the country where congestion and crime are low, where there are many opportunities to relax in Nature, and to be able to practice a more self-reliant lifestyle.
This book contains dozens of first-hand accounts taken from the pages of BHM and SR during those years. They paint a life of varied homesteading adventures in the country that you may find fascinating and educational. They offer valuable real life tips on how to make a successful transition to living in the country, sometimes deep into the wilderness. A common theme in the stories is that a successful move often comes down to how well you plan and whether or not you’ve learned a few homesteading and self-reliance skills before you make the move. The stories will show you the planning you should do and the skills you may want to learn.
If you are tired of a stressful life in a congested world full of deadlines and crime, take a few days to unwind by reading some of these stories. They may form part of your getaway plan to escape to the country life. — Dave Duffy
Backwoods Home magazine will never steer you wrong. It is the most accurate source of information you can find. I have purchased a lot of the anthologies and they are well worth the money. Jackie rules.
Love it!
I’m home-bound, so I can’t do what you’ll do, but I love to read about it. I found you guys through True Grit—a super great family living on a small farm in North Carolina. People should check them out. I can read your magazine for hours. I have scripts for Backwoods Home and Self-Reliance, also. All are great! Thanks for doing something that this world needs!!
Great combo of a high-level overview and digging into the details. It will also serve as an ongoing resource. I love BHM books and anthologies!
We both have read parts of the magazine and we both liked it a lots…
Interesting articles
Good book with lots ideas and suggestions.
This book is chock-full of information and I learned so much. I am learning as much as I can before we transition to homesteading full time. So this is a great addition and future reference to have on hand. I highly recommend this book to anyone looking or thinking about homesteading.
Good book with lots ideas and suggestions.
This was a wonderful book with plenty of information
Great addition to my Backwoods Home & Self Reliance magazines library. I haven’t finished it yet and remembered past articles.
At this age reminders are great. Anyone wanting to get more information to become independent from relying on the things that
we currently buy to survive need this. Getting back to the “good-old days” life was harder, but better and healthier. These life lessons
and skills weren’t taught and/or learned by the last 2 generations. Covid taught us this, relying on stores to exist. Thank all the
people that contribute to making your publications possible. God bless, please use all or any part of this.