This is my way of being a homesteader. I know I don't have land or a home of my own but I do what I can to be more self-sufficient.
We've been viewing things this way lately: we may be 'on-grid' plugged into the 'subdivision', but we are trying to generate a homesteading mindset and become more self-sufficient. Especially doing things at home, rather than outsourcing them to other products or services. We make our own babyfood, we cut our own hair, we make our own yogurt, we don't live on frozen pizza and ramon noodles, we garden, we do our own lawn service and yard maintenance, we educate our children, we learn basic medical practices, we stock ingredients in our pantry. These are some of the things we're practicing doing to maintain our suburban 'homestead'. It's the best we can do right now. @ironshield
great take on this subject. I agree with you. It is all in the ways we are accountable. To ourselves, our families and our welfare. We live partially off grid. Make our own yogurt and bread, eat farm fresh eggs, purchased locally and fish caught locally. Organic when we can. It has become our mindset. We do not eat fast food, always cook from scratch and grows berries and apples. We outsource nothing unless its absolutely something we can not fix. It has become our new mindset and we are always so thrilled to find like minded folks.
It makes me happy to hear that people are doing what they can to provide for themselves.
The thing is doing what you can do with what you can, I spent 30 years as a certified nursing assistant and I am still cpr certified. A good first aide book is important thing to have. It is going back to how I was raised on a small scale. Only I have no cows to milk or pigs,chickens or rabbits to take care of.