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DECEMBER 2025
Backyard Briefings
CONVINCED? NowWhat?
If you have been with me the last twelve months of this newsletter and are somehow convinced to start homesteading, then I wanted to take this time to finish out the year with some tips on how to make money on your homestead, so you can finally take that leap.
Most people who homestead probably want to quit their jobs and live off the land, but money is a concern and I get it, so let me show you some ways you can make money on your homestead. My gift to you this year is to teach you how to be more resourceful with what you have so you don’t burn out.
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Before you knock it, I encourage you to at least try one form of online income. I know that sounds cliche, but I have seen bloggers make six figure salaries just from ads on their websites. Not a writer, no problem, you can learn. Or you can take the time to build a brand and try the whole content creator thing with a website and all. Personally, I don’t like having my life on the internet. I’m a private person, but there is a reason why so many people choose to make content about homesteading. You can learn a lot from other people, you can build an online community, and you make pretty good money after a while. Of course there are plenty of other ways you can make money online, but this is often the main starting point for many.
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Branching off of my earlier point, you can find other ways to make money online. If you have any kind of skill, art, or product you specialize in, you can create an online store and start selling things.
Maybe find a really good seed company and become a whole seller, or find a local grower in your neighborhood and ask them if you can sell their products online. If you ’re interested in creating healthy products, you can make tallow skincare products or similar and sell those online. There are so many possibilities you can do, of course it’s more complicated than that, but all it starts with is an idea.
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Another way you can make money on the homestead is to utilize the fruits of your labor. If you are growing food for you and your family to eat, surely you can grow food for other people to eat.
If you have any leftover produce that you don’t want to waste or you can make tons of loafs of bread to sell, either post them online, or sell them at farmer’s markets.
Plenty of city-dwellers are looking for organic foods but don’t want to grow them on their own so they shop at local markets to get farm fresh eggs and meats from local producers instead of big chain stores. This is also a great way to barter with other homesteaders.
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Mahatma Gandhi
ANIMALS Breeding
Now I may be biased, but besides growing your own food, animals are the best part of the homestead. All animals have their own personality( which makes them extra cute) and can be a great resource to add your homestead. Many people buy animals and breed them for income. Goats, cows, and chickens are a necessity on any farm for a number of reasons so if you have animals that breed, you can sell the babies once they are weened or eggs once they are hatched. Even if you use them for eggs or milk, you can also use them as income which I think is a huge bonus.
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One final thing I want to mention if you have the talent to do so, is to find a craft. Find something you are good at and sell it as a service. So you like woodworking? Or restoring old furniture? Use that passion to make pieces of furniture or anything useful that might be worth selling.
Garden furniture is a great place to start because everyone wants to sit outside and watch the sunset when it’s nice outside. If you are good at cooking you could write a cookbook and sell those online too. The cool thing about this lifestyle is that there are so many things you can do - you just have to believe in yourself to do it.
Also remember that everything takes times, so don’t get discouraged when the results aren’t what you wanted. Establish yourself in the community first, then go from there.
YOUR PUBLISHERMeetthepublisher
Alexis is passionate about self-sufficiency and the opportunities that come with being self-sufficient. She has been gardening for about 4 years; often experimenting with growing different kinds of food and propagating healthy cuttings for her small nursery.
In addition to homesteading, her experience expands over a variety of marketing skills including graphic design, web development, social media and email marketing, PR, and publishing. She’s also writing a book!
