Lauren Living Homestead

A Homestead Journey, One Day at a Time

  • Homesteading from a Distance

    I am going crazy! I have been on active-duty training for two weeks now and it is hard being away from home and the homestead. My mental health is draining, and my stress levels are rising not knowing the ins and outs of what’s happening at home. My family is great at handling things without…

  • The Hard Truth About Raising Goats

    My son has been asking for months what animal he gets since his sister was given a horse. He has been wanting a African Grey Parrot and I am not for birds in the house ever again after raising chicks inside for too long due to an extended winter. So I made a deal with…

  • How I Fell into Homesteading

    I’m not sure of the exact date but early March of 2014 I woke up in a hospital bed from a nine-day induced coma. I had no idea where I was or when it was, my brain was stuck in 2012. I left the hospital end of March, missing all my memories, a TBI (traumatic…