Welcome to our homestead!

We are the Lodin’s and live on 10 beautiful acres in Central Texas. We are deeply passionate about regenerating our land, growing and cooking organic food, raising animals and homeschooling our kiddos.

We created this space to encourage and offer practical knowledge and tools to help you on your homesteading journey, no matter if you are in a city apartment or already established on 50 acres!

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Homesteading

Here’s what we’ve been up to!

celebrated another year around the sun with my favorite people, camping out on our property 🏕️ hotdogs with sourdough hot dog buns, loaded campfire nachos, and s’mores with homemade marshmallows ✨ excited to see what God has in store for thi
this girl never fails to put a smile on my face. ❤️ she is the cutest, fluffiest, and well behaved puppy. and that fact that she is a livestock guardian dog with a purpose makes her even cooler in my book. #livestockguardiandog #greatpyrenees #pupp
✨ Fresh, hot out of the oven sourdough bread ✨ Let’s see how long these loaves last… 😅 #sourdough #sourdoughbread #deliciousness #floursaltwater #artisanbread
✨ Happy Easter! ✨ May the peace, hope, and love of Christ surround you and your loved ones today and every day ❤️
my favorite time of the day. ☀️
Swipe left for the mobile chicken tractor progress! ✨ These “mobile coops” will allow us to move the chickens, giving them access to fresh ground and bugs, eliminating the need for bedding (the poop falls through the wire floor), and hel
our mobile chicken tractors are ALMOST done (check out my next post for update pics!) and these chicks are READY! I can tell they are getting antsy in the brooder. we took them out for some free ranging the other day and they were so excited 🤣 (I m
✨ Play is not a luxury, play is a necessity ✨
while Nya was on a perimeter walk, our barn cats figured out there are 30 baby chicks on our front porch… she very quickly ran them off 😂 if only I could hear their discussions…
sunsets have always captured me. they make me stop, marvel, calm my busy brain, and remind me to take deep breaths and be present ✨ grateful for this one and the many more to come on our little homestead ❤️ curious - do you feel drawn to sunrises o