Episode 233: Why Does Everything Fall Apart When You Stop?

Episode 233: Why Does Everything Fall Apart When You Stop?

Have you ever worked hard to get your house, meals, schedule, or life organized, only to watch everything slowly fall apart again? There’s actually a reason for that. In this episode of Homesteading Made Simple, Wendi Bergin talks about entropy, the natural tendency...
Episode 231: Who’s Actually Homesteading in 2026?

Episode 231: Who’s Actually Homesteading in 2026?

Homesteaders of America surveyed over 4,000 homesteaders and compared the results to their 2022 survey — and the picture that came back is not the one Instagram sells you. Wendi walks through who American homesteaders actually are in 2026: their age, their land, their...
Episode 230: When Do You Get to Call Yourself a Homesteader?

Episode 230: When Do You Get to Call Yourself a Homesteader?

When do you finally get to call yourself a homesteader, quilter, baker, or anything else you’re working to become? After looking back through eight weeks of my Transformation Journal, I realized I had a whole lot of evidence that my life is changing. I’ve harvested...
Episode 228: Too Many Tomatoes? Preserve the Harvest

Episode 228: Too Many Tomatoes? Preserve the Harvest

What do you do when the garden gives you more tomatoes, zucchini, basil, or fruit than you know what to do with? In this fun conversation, Wendi Bergin joins Greg Peterson of The Urban Farm Podcast to talk about developing a harvest mindset. Instead of waiting until...