Today, it is all over the media the terrible rise of inflation. Prices are soaring and there seems to be no end in sight. The cost of basic living items continues to rise to record levels. Gas and food price increases are leading the way and cost of homes and land are making it tough for new families who want to homestead. Huge homes are located in almost every neighborhood in both cities and small towns. Costs are skyrocketing. That’s actually one of the reasons we chose to migrate to more simple lifestyle and started homesteading.
With the cost of goods continuing to rise, the accumulation of furniture and things to fill larger homes is really unprecedented. While this might seem like the good life, part of the American dream, there is a downside and it’s not very attractive.
You can become trapped by your home surrounded by material things that – instead of making you happy, instead of making life easier – are causing you to work harder just to keep up. Again, many of us chose homesteading as an alternative to the race for more things.
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To compound the difficulties, if you decide that you’d like to relocate, you could be out of luck because selling your home depends on the current housing market. There is a better option for a life that gives you a taste of what it can truly mean to live happy and free from the rat race.
It’s also a great option for those who perhaps are looking to build a more simple lifestyle (or want to build a survival home) in the event of a disaster or emergency. Whatever your reasons are, a micro homestead could be the answer for you. Let’s look at A Simple Guide and Benefit to Micro Homesteads.
So, What Exactly Are Micro Homesteads?
Think small, manageable and extremely efficient when you think about micro homesteads. Think about freedom from stress and the assurance of knowing that you can provide all that you need for yourself and your family. Perhaps they aren’t elaborate, but they offer great options for living simply.
Micro homesteads are all about self-sufficiency. These are homesteads that focus on living and typically cut-out all of the excess material possessions. For some folks it might be a challenge to give up the extra things they have grown attached to. For others, it will be freedom. People who choose micro homesteading have homes that are very small.
Many of these homes are complete at no bigger than the size of a tiny bedroom like you’d find in a regular home. You get all of the rooms in one living space. The bedroom, kitchen, dining room and a small space for a bathroom.
What’s great about this kind of living is that – not only does it free you up from being owned by your possessions – but these homes are very affordable. The ability to own one of these homes can be as cheap as the cost of just a down payment on a big home.
And best of all with these micro homes is that you’re not stuck anywhere. Not ever. These homes are portable – so when you want to go live somewhere else, you simply make sure any breakables in the home are secure and off you go.
You aren’t tied to the grid in any way. You’re completely self-sufficient because your home – and your way of life – are self-sustaining. When you use a tiny home, you can create a micro homestead.
Using just a small portion of land where you’ve placed your home, you can plant crops that can serve all of your food needs. By using nutrient density planting, you can plan not only food for yourself, but even have some left over if you want to share it or sell it.
Some micro homesteads also raise chickens for the use of the eggs. Micro homesteads allow those who live this way to live from what the earth can provide. They can plant crops and harvest them, then use them in canning and other healthy ways of eating.
