Live real. Be yourself. Pursue vitality.
Welcome to our high desert homestead! Our mission here is to learn and grow and bring you along with us. We believe that eating real food and living close to the earth is the key to wellness.
We grow food in Zone 6a and at 7,000 ft elevation. Our homestead would not be what it is without kids, dogs, and chickens.
We like to write about chicken breeds, real food recipes, thrifted and vintage finds, and our most recent nerd-outs on functional fitness and practical wellness.
No matter where you are on your journey, you’re welcome here!
We’ve been homesteading since 2020. That whole year really scared me (Bay) into getting my act together and learning to grow our own food. I started with chickens and ducks, though I had a little experience with livestock from growing up on a ranch.
I didn’t know anything about gardening, though, except the basic “common sense” type stuff from biology class.
Now, we have an ongoing experiment going on right in our back yard, in our kitchen, and on this blog! It’s exciting to take you along on the journey and it’s our hope that watching us succeed and fail will help you grow, too.
We believe everyone can be stronger and healthier with a little knowledge.
With the right knowledge, everyone can design a lifetime of healthy habits and create a lifestyle that supports their vitality. Here are some of the topics we plan to cover with our content as we craft this little corner of the internet:
Real-Food Recipes
Develop a relationship with REAL food and experience the difference when you’re feeding your body with nourishing, wholesome ingredients. Food should nourish us both physically and psychologically.
Functional Fitness
Staying functional as we grow older has everything to do with maintaining our bodies’ functionality through flexibility, mobility, and strength.
Growing Food
Grow your own food! You can do it under grow lights in a small apartment or you can spread out in a large garden. You just need some basic knowledge!
Chicken Breeds & Care Info
We love chickens at Hardy House Homestead. Bay might even be a little obsessed with them! So we want to cover the breeds and their unique qualities, as well as some specific care information.
HOME & DIY
Our little home is quirky and mostly second-hand or thrifted, and we love to share the off-beat ways we’ve made it work for our little family.
Newsletter & Monthly Magazine
We already have a monthly newsletter, and next we want to launch a magazine to share articles and tips we’ve learned, as well as interesting stories from our network of homesteading friends!
It’s homesteading in your pocket!
Our blog and podcast are intended to give you a wealth information in the blink of an eye. With the podcast, you can keep listening, even on the go!
The Wholesome Homesteading Podcast
- Listen to episodes on the go.
- Be inspired for your lifestyle and goals.
- Learn more about real nutrition and time-tested wellness wisdom.
- Hear more about country life and how we manage our little homestead with a small family.
Hardy House Newsletter
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- Be the first to know about sales on our courses and programs.
- Stay connected to us with updates sent straight to your inbox.
- Stay in-the-know about exclusive deals on our favorite products.
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