Rural Reliance with The Canny Couple: Recent Episodes
Rural Reliance
The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve.
Work hard, live simply, and enjoying life!
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Having a budget is essential to a strong financial future. Today, Aaron and Julia discuss how having a bare bones budget is just as important and why you need to know those numbers. You never know when you might need this crucial information.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple, debt-free life. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
Visit us at https://linktr.ee/thecannycouple or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com
The Canny Couple
PO Box 464
Duffield, VA 24244
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What have you cut out from your budget to help reach your financial goals? On this week's episode, Julia shares what she stopped spending money on to help her family grow closer to their big money goals. Making what seems like a small sacrifice for a short time can lead to a huge financial win in the long run.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple, debt-free life. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
Visit us at https://linktr.ee/thecannycouple or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com
The Canny Couple
PO Box 464
Duffield, VA 24244
--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruralreliance/support
Today, Aaron and Julia share what steps they took when they became a single income family to ensure their financial success. These steps seem really simple, but made all the difference in their communication and understanding of their family finances.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple, debt-free life. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
Visit us at https://linktr.ee/thecannycouple or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com
The Canny Couple
PO Box 464
Duffield, VA 24244
--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruralreliance/support
Winter is just around the corner and it changes how your day to day goes on the homestead. Today, Julia shares how she and Aaron determine what they need to focus on in the last quarter of the year as well as what her personal goals are to end the year out strong.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple, debt-free life. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
Visit us at https://linktr.ee/thecannycouple or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com
The Canny Couple
PO Box 464
Duffield, VA 24244
--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruralreliance/support
In a world with so much information at your fingertips, researching and determining good, quality resources is more important now than ever. Today, Aaron and Julia discuss how they approach finding information and where they have failed spectacularly.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple, debt-free life. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
Visit us at https://linktr.ee/thecannycouple or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com
The Canny Couple
PO Box 464
Duffield, VA 24244
--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruralreliance/support
On this week's episode, Julia shares the biggest lessons she has learned throughout her homesteading transformation. Reflection is a great way to help guide you into the future you want to build for yourself.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple, debt-free life. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
Visit us at https://linktr.ee/thecannycouple or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com
The Canny Couple
PO Box 464
Duffield, VA 24244
--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruralreliance/support
Lessons in frugality come in many shapes and forms. On today's episode, Aaron and Julia discuss several pitfalls they have fallen into financially as well as the growth they have experienced over the years. Finding your own financial rhythm takes time and experience and the skills you learn will help you create your best life.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple, debt-free life. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
Visit us at https://linktr.ee/thecannycouple or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com
The Canny Couple
PO Box 464
Duffield, VA 24244
--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruralreliance/support
Sometimes homesteading can feel like a massive struggle, and you can feel burnt out and frustrated with the entire lifestyle. There are ways to deal with these feelings and Julia shares how she finds success even in the most frustrating homesteading seasons.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple, debt-free life. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
Visit us at https://linktr.ee/thecannycouple or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com
The Canny Couple
PO Box 464
Duffield, VA 24244
--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruralreliance/support
How have you saved money this August? In today's episode, Aaron and Julia share how they have kept to their budget and also the ways they have failed this month. Staying on budget can start to feel impossible, but having a plan and seeing where it has failed can help you to save more money in the long run.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple, debt-free life. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
Visit us at https://linktr.ee/thecannycouple or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com
The Canny Couple
PO Box 464
Duffield, VA 24244
--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruralreliance/support
Can you store bulk food safely on a budget? Julia thinks so as she has built her own working pantry on a budget and that includes her current storage set up. She shares what she sources for good options for storing food for long term use and how she finds it on a tight budget.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple, debt-free life. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
Visit us at https://linktr.ee/thecannycouple or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com
The Canny Couple
PO Box 464
Duffield, VA 24244
--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruralreliance/support
Moving from a two income family to a single income family has its challenges and rewards. On this week's episode, Aaron and Julia share how they have managed to adjust to the change and where they feel they are most successful.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple, debt-free life. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
Visit us at https://linktr.ee/thecannycouple or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com
The Canny Couple
PO Box 464
Duffield, VA 24244
--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruralreliance/support
Can you really be successful if you don't work as a team with your partner? Julia shares why she finds goal building goals with Aaron to be a key to her best successes on her homestead and in her life.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple, debt-free life. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
Visit us at https://linktr.ee/thecannycouple or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com
The Canny Couple
PO Box 464
Duffield, VA 24244
--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruralreliance/support
Embracing frugality can bring much fulfillment to one's daily life, and today, Aaron and Julia share what they see as the main advantages to adopting a frugal lifestyle. A little frugality can go a long way to making some big changes to your current season.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple, debt-free life. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
Visit us at https://linktr.ee/thecannycouple or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com
The Canny Couple
PO Box 464
Duffield, VA 24244
--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruralreliance/support
There are multiple versions of preparedness, and on this week's episode, Julia shares how she preps for her family on a budget. Ensuring your family can function doesn't have to be overwhelming or expensive.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple, debt-free life. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
Visit us at https://linktr.ee/thecannycouple or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com
The Canny Couple
PO Box 464
Duffield, VA 24244
--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruralreliance/support
Are there disadvantages to a frugal lifestyle? While Aaron and Julia embrace the lifestyle they live daily, there are struggles with sustaining your thrifty habits.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple, debt-free life. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
Visit us at https://linktr.ee/thecannycouple or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com
The Canny Couple
PO Box 464
Duffield, VA 24244
--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruralreliance/support
Does meal planning feel like an overwhelming and daunting task to you? Today, Julia shares her best tips for making meal planning work for you and your family. Meal planning can be more than just a time saver, it can also be a money saver.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple, debt-free life. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
Visit us at https://linktr.ee/thecannycouple or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com
The Canny Couple
PO Box 464
Duffield, VA 24244
--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruralreliance/support
Is your homestead in a rut, or are you growing so fast you can't keep up? Today, Aaron and Julia share how they are identifying seasons of growth and maintenance on their homestead. They also discuss why this is important to identify as well as how they plan to make some changes in the future.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple, debt-free life. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
Visit us at https://linktr.ee/thecannycouple or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com
The Canny Couple
PO Box 464
Duffield, VA 24244
--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruralreliance/support
What are your reasons for gardening? Today, Julia shares why she garden's for her family, and the reasons she would not bother with putting in a garden.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple, debt-free life. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
Visit us at https://linktr.ee/thecannycouple or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com
The Canny Couple
PO Box 464
Duffield, VA 24244
--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruralreliance/support
On this week's episode or Rural Reliance, Aaron and Julia discuss how they were able to keep on budget for July. Saving money can start to feel impossible, but when you come into the month with a plan, you can reach your money goals.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple, debt-free life. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
Visit us at https://linktr.ee/thecannycouple or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com
The Canny Couple
PO Box 464
Duffield, VA 24244
--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruralreliance/support
Trying to create a toxin free environment can feel overwhelming and sometimes you might not even know where to start. Julia shares her journey to help move her family towards clean living and the struggles she faces everyday.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple, debt-free life. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
Visit us at https://linktr.ee/thecannycouple or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com
The Canny Couple
PO Box 464
Duffield, VA 24244
--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruralreliance/support
How are your 2024 goals moving along? On this episode of Rural Reliance, Aaron and Julia talk about where they are with this years homestead and financial goals. Join them as they share their successes, failures, and how they plan to make the most of the rest of 2024.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple, debt-free life. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
Visit us at https://linktr.ee/thecannycouple or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com
The Canny Couple
PO Box 464
Duffield, VA 24244
--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruralreliance/support
Today, Julia shares her best tips to make the most out of her canning season without overwhelming herself. These tips create time and deal with little "annoyances" Julia had in the kitchen.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple, debt-free life. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
Visit us at https://linktr.ee/thecannycouple or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com
The Canny Couple
PO Box 464
Duffield, VA 24244
--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruralreliance/support
Is it still possible to make any progress on your financial goals with budget cuts today? Aaron and Julia feel that even the smallest budget cuts can help you build your frugality muscles and work toward your financial independence.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple, debt-free life. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
Visit us at https://linktr.ee/thecannycouple or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com
The Canny Couple
PO Box 464
Duffield, VA 24244
--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruralreliance/support
In today's fast pace, we could all use a little more simplicity in our day to day. Julia shares some easy tips that can create simplicity in all the chaos, giving you more time and maybe even saving you some money.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple, debt-free life. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
Visit us at https://linktr.ee/thecannycouple or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com
The Canny Couple
PO Box 464
Duffield, VA 24244
--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruralreliance/support
Sometimes it can feel like you have no room in your budget to cut anything else or that you have made all the frugal changes you can possibly make. Aaron and Julia know from experience that in some cases, if you put your mind to a problem, you can start to see big savings in your budget. Today, they share their individual experience and outline the steps they use personally to get creative with frugality to avoid a stalemate.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple, debt-free life. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
Visit us at https://linktr.ee/thecannycouple or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com
The Canny Couple
PO Box 464
Duffield, VA 24244
--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruralreliance/support
On today's episode, Julia shares why she feels knowing what is in your pantry is vital to managing your household. Half of pantry management is knowing what you have on hand and this is not a step to ignore in the spring.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple, debt-free life. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
Visit us at https://linktr.ee/thecannycouple or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com
The Canny Couple
PO Box 464
Duffield, VA 24244
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On this weeks episode, Aaron and Julia share how they are keeping their costs low and saving money on their homestead. Whether they are making adjustments around the house to save money or scoring amazing deals, they discuss some of their best money saving hacks.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple, debt-free life. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
Visit us at https://linktr.ee/thecannycouple or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com
The Canny Couple
PO Box 464
Duffield, VA 24244
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Homesteading is hard and after your journey, you will be a different person. Julia discusses in today's episode how she focuses her efforts to ensure Aaron and she grow together to make a stronger team vs growing apart.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple, debt-free life. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
Visit us at https://linktr.ee/thecannycouple or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com
The Canny Couple
PO Box 464
Duffield, VA 24244
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What does early summer look like on your homestead? This year is posing different challenges and success for Aaron and Julia, creating more opportunities for growth and learning on the homestead.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple, debt-free life. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
Visit us at https://linktr.ee/thecannycouple or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com
The Canny Couple
PO Box 464
Duffield, VA 24244
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This week Julia shares her weekly rhythms that keep her and the family on track for the homestead. Although it can be boring at times, having a plan leads to a more efficient and effective homestead.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple, debt-free life. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
Visit us at https://linktr.ee/thecannycouple or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com
The Canny Couple
PO Box 464
Duffield, VA 24244
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It is hard to believe we have achieved this episode milestone, and we are so thankful to all our supporters. Today, we look at where we were and where we hope to go in our future journey of merging homesteading and frugality.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple, debt-free life. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
Visit us at https://linktr.ee/thecannycouple or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com
The Canny Couple
PO Box 464
Duffield, VA 24244
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The struggles women face are different from men and many of them are unique to each. Today, Julia discusses one of the biggest struggles women face daily.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple, debt-free life. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
Visit us at https://linktr.ee/thecannycouple or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com
The Canny Couple
PO Box 464
Duffield, VA 24244
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Life is not supposed to be easy and avoiding tough decisions can lead you to digging a hole for yourself that you never envisioned. Aaron and Julia discuss why you need to evaluate and look at your choices, sometimes choosing the harder choice to have a better life long term.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple, debt-free life. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
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The Canny Couple
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Duffield, VA 24244
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Julia has found several ways to cut her grocery costs without feeling like you are sacrificing food quality. These strategies have helped Julia keep her family's grocery budget crazy low even with inflation.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple, debt-free life. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
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The Canny Couple
PO Box 464
Duffield, VA 24244
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It is that time of the month again where Aaron and Julia discuss the strategies they used to help them stay on target for their budget. This is one of their secrets to growing their homestead and living their frugal lifestyle without debt.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple, debt-free life. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
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The Canny Couple
PO Box 464
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If you are looking for ways add more time to your day during spring and summer seasons on the homestead, Julia has some great tips to help you cut some of your tasks down. This is the busiest time of the year and if we can make ourselves more efficient, it will create more time in the day to put to other tasks.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple, debt-free life. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
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The Canny Couple
PO Box 464
Duffield, VA 24244
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Are you trying to decide if homesteading is right for you? Aaron and Julia discuss a few things to consider when you are analyzing whether this is the right move for you and your family.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple, debt-free life. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
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The Canny Couple
PO Box 464
Duffield, VA 24244
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If you are looking for tips to take control of your pantry, Julia has you covered. These strategies have improved the functionality of Julia's pantry over the last year.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple, debt-free life. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
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The Canny Couple
PO Box 464
Duffield, VA 24244
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Why look at tomorrow when your are so busy today? Aaron and Julia discuss their approach to looking at how their homestead will run in 5, 10, 30 years from now.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple, debt-free life. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
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The Canny Couple
PO Box 464
Duffield, VA 24244
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Today's homestead is nothing like our grandparents and the need to compare your homestead with those you see everyday can feel overwhelming. Over the years, Julia has learned to tune out the noise and embrace what she has, making the most of each day.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple, debt-free life. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
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The Canny Couple
PO Box 464
Duffield, VA 24244
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On this week's episode, Aaron and Julia discuss how delayed gratification is a benefit to your homesteading goals and dreams. The "want it now" mentality is not always the best approach to achieving your goals.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple, debt-free life. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
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The Canny Couple
PO Box 464
Duffield, VA 24244
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What sort of struggles do you face on your homestead and your journey through motherhood? Julia shares here personal difficulties in this time in her life, building up the family homestead, working on building a business, and making family her top priority.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple, debt-free life. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
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The Canny Couple
PO Box 464
Duffield, VA 24244
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How good are your homestead systems? Aaron and Julia have some basic tools they use to continuously improve their homestead systems, creating a more successful homestead in the long run.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple, debt-free life. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
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The Canny Couple
PO Box 464
Duffield, VA 24244
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How do you stop the pressures to influence how you take care of your family or how to spend your hard earned dollars? Julia shares the principles that guide her to maintain her family goals.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple, debt-free life. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
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The Canny Couple
PO Box 464
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On this week's episode, Aaron and Julia share their frugal triumphs and failures for the past month. Living a frugal lifestyle is intentional and takes time and effort, but the end results are well worth it.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple, debt-free life. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
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The Canny Couple
PO Box 464
Duffield, VA 24244
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Are you struggling to find a balance between homesteading, teaching, and parenting? Julia shares a few of the tips she has learned when homesteading with a small child that work well for her family.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple, debt-free life. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
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The Canny Couple
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Duffield, VA 24244
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If you are looking for ideas and inspirations to spend less time in your garden and more time enjoying your harvest, Aaron and Julia have some great suggestions for you. Over the years, they have found ways to save time and money in their garden while their focus has shifted to creating a better garden space for future harvests.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple, debt-free life. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
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The Canny Couple
PO Box 464
Duffield, VA 24244
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How have you built out your pantry? In this week's episode, Julia shares her top pantry staples and how she built her pantry to work for her family for any situation.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple, debt-free life. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
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The Canny Couple
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Duffield, VA 24244
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What projects have Aaron and Julia been working on to get ready for Spring on the homestead? This is a year of progress and they are already seeing big improvements on their homestead.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple, debt-free life. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
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The Canny Couple
PO Box 464
Duffield, VA 24244
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Is it ever to early or late to start learning? Part of homesteading is constant learning and incorporating these same principals into everyday life with a toddler can help create a balanced foundation for homeschooling in later years.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple, debt-free life. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
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The Canny Couple
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This week, Aaron and Julia talk about their recent trips to the Bushcraft, Homestead and Preparedness Expo and the Kentucky Sustainable Living Homesteading & Preparedness Festival. There is so much opportunities at these events.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple, debt-free life. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
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The Canny Couple
PO Box 464
Duffield, VA 24244
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Decluttering on the homestead can feel overwhelming. How do you make a decision on what to keep and get rid of when everything can seem useful in the future? Julia shares how she keeps an organized homestead and her key might surprise you.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple, debt-free life. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
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The Canny Couple
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On this week's episode, Aaron and Julia dive into their monthly budget successes and failures. Join them as they discuss how they were able to cut costs and what they learned in this month's Homestead Frugal Tactics.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple, debt-free life. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
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The Canny Couple
PO Box 464
Duffield, VA 24244
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Today, Julia discusses the struggles of being a female homesteader. Finding the simple life can sometimes feel impossible, but if you stick to it, the sense of purpose you find can be astounding.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple, debt-free life. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
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The Canny Couple
PO Box 464
Duffield, VA 24244
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If you are thinking about starting a homestead, Aaron and Julia share their best reasons to contemplate jumping on the homestead train. They also discuss what to consider when actually starting your own homestead.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple, debt-free life. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
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The Canny Couple
PO Box 464
Duffield, VA 24244
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In this week's episode, Julia discusses her biggest homestead mistakes that cost her and her family money, time and effort. She shares the pitfalls you can avoid on your own homestead.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple, debt-free life. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
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The Canny Couple
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This week, Aaron and Julia share how to avoid some expensive mistakes to help save money on the homestead. These are strategies they employ daily as they made these very same errors on their own homestead journey.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple, debt-free life. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
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The Canny Couple
PO Box 464
Duffield, VA 24244
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Food preservation is a foundation of homesteading. Julia discusses why this should be a priority for you and your family.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple, debt-free life. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
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The Canny Couple
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Aaron and Julia analyze how the Three Rivers Pantry Challenge went for January and February of 2024. A pantry challenge is always eye opening and even when successful, you can always find ways to improve upon your working food storage.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple, debt-free life. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
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The Canny Couple
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Duffield, VA 24244
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It has been a few weeks since Julia shifted to being a SAHM, and today she shares how she is adjusting. Life has changed for the Canny Couple and the homesteading is thriving.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple, debt-free life. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
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The Canny Couple
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In this week's episode of Rural Reliance, Aaron and Julia detail how effective their budgeting was this month, if they met their savings goals, and how they did it.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple, debt-free life. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
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The Canny Couple
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In this week's episode, Julia discusses some simple ideas to limit the chaos in the day to day homestead life. We embrace homesteading for the allure of a simple life, but sometimes the homestead can feel anything but simple.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple, debt-free life. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
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The Canny Couple
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Aaron and Julia discuss why learning old traditions and skills can help create a more sustainable homestead. They talk about how they try to incorporate or remember the older ways on their own homestead.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple, debt-free life. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
Visit us at https://linktr.ee/thecannycouple or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com
The Canny Couple
PO Box 464
Duffield, VA 24244
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If you are looking for tips for a stress-free seed stating set-up, Julia has you covered in this weeks episode of Farm Wife, Sexy Life. By making these small tweaks in her own set-up, Julia has removed most of the headaches she personally experienced at the first part of garden season.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple, debt-free life. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
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PO Box 464
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On this episode, Aaron and Julia explore what you should consider before jumping into the world of seed starting. There are so many elements to consider and in some cases, it might not be practical to dive right into seed starting.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple life, working toward debt free living. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
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The Canny Couple
PO Box 464
Duffield, VA 24244
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Garden season is almost here, and today Julia goes over her best tips to help you start off the season right. These steps will help you have a less stressful and more successful planting season.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple life, working toward debt free living. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
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The Canny Couple
PO Box 464
Duffield, VA 24244
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What are you growing in 2024? Aaron and Julia talk about the new seeds they are trying for 2024, and how they hope these varieties will increase their food production. They also share their criteria when looking at new seed varieties for the upcoming planting season.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple life, working toward debt free living. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
Visit us at https://linktr.ee/thecannycouple or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com
The Canny Couple
PO Box 464
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On this episode, Julia discusses the key to avoiding a rut with your creativity in the kitchen. From her own experiences, she looks at the conditions that lead her to routine recipes and how a few small changes create excitement for cooking again.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple life, working toward debt free living. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
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The Canny Couple
PO Box 464
Duffield, VA 24244
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In this week's episode of Rural Reliance, Aaron and Julia discuss ways you can take the fundamental principals of frugality and apply them to everyday life. Turn your frugality mindset towards your day to day to help you live a more sustainable and obtainable life.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple life, working toward debt free living. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
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On this week's episode, Julia chews over where she is half-way through the pantry challenge she is participating in. She discusses her successes, challenges and holes in her pantry.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple life, working toward debt free living. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
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In this month's Homestead Frugal Tactics, Aaron and Julia discuss how they are maximizing their savings to kick off the new year. From savings on groceries to everyday purchase, they share with you how they reach their savings goals for January.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple life, working toward debt free living. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
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Julia details what her role on the homestead looks like now that she is at home full time. This big life shift is definitely taking her family and homestead in the right direction.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple life, working toward debt free living. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
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Frugality and budgeting have been one of Aaron and Julia's keys to success and helped them achieve big goals in a short time frame. On this episode, they discuss what their future looks like and how the changes they have made will hopefully bring more accomplishments, while keeping to the basic frugality principals they live by.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple life, working toward debt free living. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
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Change is a good thing, right? Year 2024 is a year of changes for Julia and her homestead. Join her as she discusses how her life has changed in Part 1 of a two part series.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple life, working toward debt free living. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
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The minimalist movement is still rolling strong and Aaron and Julia look at this lifestyle change through the lens of homesteading. Is it possible to be a homesteading minimalist? Tonight, they discuss their thoughts on the topic.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple life, working toward debt free living. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
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Tonight, Julia discusses the importance of goals, especially individual goals. It is simple to build up yourself and your homestead all at the same time with these simple steps.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple life, working toward debt free living. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
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Are finances a big part of your 2024 financial goals? As frugal homesteaders, financial goals are just as important as homestead goals for Aaron and Julia. Join them as they discuss how they plan on maximizing their saving and spending in 2024 to ensure they remain debt free, setting up for future successes.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple life, working toward debt free living. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
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Tonight, Julia discusses how she plans to create more time and efficiencies for her homestead. Cutting time in one area creates opportunities in others, and homesteading is all about creating opportunities.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple life, working toward debt free living. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
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Tonight, Aaron and Julia discuss how they did on their financial goals for the homestead in December. They tell all of their successes and failures, what works and what doesn't, hoping to inspire you on your own homestead frugality journey.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple life, working toward debt free living. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
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Winter is here! What measures do you take as a homesteader to get ready for cold? As a wife and mom, I try to keep on top of these few things to keep our household running no matter the conditions outside.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple life, working toward debt free living. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
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In tonight's episode, Aaron and Julia discuss their priorities for the homestead in 2024. Year 2023 was full of rough patches, but 2024 is all about progress by moving forward and expanding the homestead.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple life, working toward debt free living. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
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On this weeks episode, Julia discusses what she sees are the differences between other moms and homestead moms. While we are all the same with the same goals, homestead moms tend to run in the opposite direction from what society tells them to do.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple life, working toward debt free living. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
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On this weeks episode, Aaron and Julia discuss a few items to consider when preparing for power outages in any weather. These preps are good to have on hand for any situation, but become necessities during a blackout.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple life, working toward debt free living. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
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Tonight, Julia discusses how she steps out of her comfort zone to help with the family side hustles. Finding your expertise in an uncomfortable situation will help you grow and learn as you create more freedom for you and your family.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple life, working toward debt free living. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
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Tonight, Aaron and Julia discuss why you should consider building a side hustle and what struggles to be aware of. With our current economy, a side hustle can be a life line.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple life, working toward debt free living. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
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It is hard to be a solid support system for your family when everything keeps moving around you. Tonight, Julia shares her top tips to help you be there for your family, even during your busiest seasons.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple life, working toward debt free living. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
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In this month's Homestead Frugal Tactics, Aaron and Julia discuss how following simple principals has helped them saved hundred's of dollars through out one of the most expensive months of the year. While straight forward, these ideas are often overlooked when they can really help you cut cost and spend less overall.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple life, working toward debt free living. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
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Trying to give the best gifts but also stay on budget? Julia gives you easy tips and tricks to help you cut your costs and spending while giving the people most important to you meaningful gifts. Through much trial and error, Julia uses these same strategies to keep her and Aaron's budget on point for any holiday or gift giving season.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple life, working toward debt free living. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
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Aaron and Julia examine how being self-reliant is a major aspect of their frugality principles. Being frugal is more than just saving money on the homestead and being self-sufficient can greatly increase your chances of a successful thrifty lifestyle.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple life, working toward debt free living. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
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Busy, busy bees, how do you pace yourself when life gets crazy? Julia points out a few small things you can start doing to help ease the tensions of a swamped season, focusing on making progress where required. When she employees these tips, Julia finds her success rate and productivity soar.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple life, working toward debt free living. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
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Aaron and Julia discuss the need to create a life with self-reliance at its center. Even if it doesn't seem as important, being less dependent on outside sources can help anyone create a better home for their families.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple life, working toward debt free living. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
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Tonight, Julia discusses where women are now and where she thinks they are going in the next few years. Our desires and needs as a woman seem to be in conflict with what society has told ladies they should want in life.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple life, working toward debt free living. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
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Tonight Aaron and Julia discuss how saving money is a large part of their budget. They share some easy tips to help you find some simple and actionable ways to start building your own savings for future purchases or needs.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple life, working toward debt free living. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
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Is your stockpile limited to just food? Tonight, Julia discusses the strategies she uses and plans to put in place in the future to build her working household stockpile. The past few years have shown the importance of having not just a well stocked pantry but also a well stocked home.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple life, working toward debt free living. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
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Aaron and Julia discuss elements often not considered or thought about when living rural. While they would not trade where they live for anything, there are rural factors that should always be considered and prepared for on the rural homestead.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple life, working toward debt free living. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
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Tonight, Julia shares her struggles and the strategies she is using to help her overcome her feelings of inadequacy on the homestead. Grace isn't just for others and these tools will help you find ways to break through your own cycles of self-doubt.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple life, working toward debt free living. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
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Aaron and Julia discuss what worked and didn't work for their budget this month to help them save money. With it being almost the end of 2023, are they any closer to paying off their debt? Are they on track to meet their goal?
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple life, working toward debt free living. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
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Tonight, Julia talks about the few small things she and Aaron do to stay connected and on the same page when life gets in the way. Although simple, these are the things that have helped make and keep their relationship strong with their busy homestead, work, and home life.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple life, working toward debt free living. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
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Tonight, Aaron and Julia share their tips on how to stretch your dollars and make every penny count when you have to spend money. Although the main goal right now is to save as much as possible, sometimes you do have to make a purchase. By widening your scope, you can work to keep more of your hard earned cash.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple life, working toward debt free living. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
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Tonight, Julia discusses the few things she takes into consideration to help her save the most money while entertaining friends and family. Just a few small tricks will let you party on and keep more money in the bank.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple life, working toward debt free living. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
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Last week, Aaron and Julia shared their failures and this week they discuss some of their secrets to being frugal successes. These areas where they have saved the most money have helped them worked toward their goal of being debt free homesteaders.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple life, working toward debt free living. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
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Tonight, Julia discusses why she and Aaron made the decision to invest in a Freeze Dryer for their homestead. Although the cost goes against their frugal mindset, the advantages for their homestead have outweighed the price.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple life, working toward debt free living. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
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Want to know what our biggest money mistakes have been so far? Tonight, we share how, even with the best of intentions, we failed in areas of our frugal homesteading journey. From little mistakes to massive mishaps, we tell you how we came to recognize how we errored in our efforts to save money.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple life, working toward debt free living. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
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The simple process of writing items down is becoming lost, but it is a skill that can help boost your homestead. Julia discusses the importance of taking the time to jot down a few notes in any area of your life to help you be more successful long-term.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple life, working toward debt free living. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
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Fall is here and life on the homestead starts to shift. Aaron and Julia discuss what their primary focus is on this year as the days start to get shorter and the nights colder, keeping their homestead running and preparing for next year.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple life, working toward debt free living. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
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Tonight, Julia discusses how to manage and prioritize your homestead tasks to help you be more efficient on the homestead. While there will always be tasks on the homestead that require multiple hands, it is important to ensure you can complete the vital tasks independently.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple life, working toward debt free living. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
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In this week's episode, Aaron and Julia share where they felt they were most and least successful in saving money around their homestead for September. They are sharpening their frugality skills working to meet their goal of debt free living as soon as possible.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple life, working toward debt free living. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
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Tonight, Julia discusses how to build a working pantry to help save you time, stress, and money. She discusses what a working pantry is, why it is important and every family should have one, where to get started, and different ways to create a pantry space.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple life, working toward debt free living. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
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We like to grow a lot of different vegetables and fruits on our homestead, but our most important harvest is our winter squash crop. Not only do we save money in the long run, but a bumper crop, if treated correctly can provide for years.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple life, working toward debt free living. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
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Looking for ways to cut your spending? Starting down the road to frugality might be a way to help you reduce costs and create freedom in your household. Tonight Julia discusses some baby steps that will help you on the path to saving money for you and your homestead.
The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple life, working toward debt free living. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.
We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.
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Tonight, Aaron and Julia discuss how making the most with what you have in front of you can create enjoyment while saving you money. Learning to make the most out of what you have is a fundamental aspect of frugality and homesteading.
The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve.
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Julia shares her top tips for savvy and money saving during shopping trips. Whether you are buying used or new, these tips will help you cut your costs when every penny counts.
The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve.
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Aaron and Julia discuss the keys to making cuts to your budget, focusing on you and your families needs, and prioritizing your wants.
The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve.
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Tonight, Julia talks about the constant pressures of society to keep up with the Jones's. She discusses how you can make a few small changes to put you and your family's needs first, living the life that works best for you.
The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve.
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Tonight, Aaron and Julia talk about how they have managed their spending and saved money during the month of August.
The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve.
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Julia discusses how to build YOUR homestead for your families needs and avoiding the pitfalls of homestead peer pressure.
▶ ▬ The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve.
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Tonight, Aaron and Julia discuss why preserving your harvest is important to any household. Growing food can be more than just a hobby, it can be a source of security in uncertain times.
The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve.
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Julia discusses what she feels are her successes and failures as a wife, mother, homesteader, and more. She provides an honest look into her life, where she feels she does her best and where the diamond is still a little rough around the edges.
The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve.
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Today, Aaron and Julia discuss how to start prepping with frugality in mind. These simple items can make a big difference when life happens and nothing goes as plan while saving you money.
The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve.
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Today, Julia discusses how she saves money, energy, and effort with a child. Join her as she discusses ways to save money beyond cloth diapers and homemade baby food.
The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve.
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Aaron and Julia discuss how they manage working full-time and keep up with their homestead on today's episode. Their tips allow them to keep everything progressing and working toward their goals.
The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve.
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Today, Julia discusses how to narrow your field of vision to determine what is most useful for your homestead and where to focus your energy.
The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve.
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Today Aaron and Julia discuss how they continue to apply frugal tactics to save money on their homestead and why this is important now more than ever.
The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve.
Work hard, live simply, and enjoying life!
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Today, Julia discusses the skills she feels help her the most on her homestead.
The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve.
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Inflation and cost of living is on everyone's mind. Today, Aaron and Julia give you 35 ways you can cut cost and save money.
The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve.
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What to do with all that food?!?! Today, Julia discusses how she stays on top of her garden harvest and keeps her meal plans interesting, while saving money and maintaining her homestead.
The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve.
Work hard, live simply, and enjoying life!
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After one year of podcasting and content creation, Aaron and Julia reflect on who The Canny Couple is, what they have learned and where they plan to go from here. You never know what the future has in store for The Canny Couple.
The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve.
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Julia discuss how her family approaches gifting on the homestead, including how it can brings happiness and joy to think of others and to allow them to think about you.
The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve.
Work hard, live simply, and enjoying life!
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Today, Aaron and Julia discuss what they do to maintain the home and keep the homestead from taking over. It is all about creating balance and managing the everyday.
The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve.
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Today, Julia discusses some hard homesteading truths that bring a dose of reality to what real homesteading looks like. While homesteading is being glamorized, there are several misconceptions that need to be addressed for new homesteaders.
The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve.
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Today, Aaron and Julia discuss what they learned from taking part in a pantry challenge for June 2023. They discuss the benefits and how they plan to apply what they learned to their homestead going forward.
The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve.
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Julia discusses a few things that have created freedom for her family while also increasing her child's independence on the homestead while keeping her safe.
The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve.
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In June's Homestead Frugal Tactics, Aaron and Julia discuss how several of the changes they have made this last month had a significant affect on their budget as the costs of living are on the rise.
The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve.
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In today's episode, Julia discusses the items in her life where she is not going natural and why that is okay.
The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve.
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It is the middle of the year and how much have you checked off your goal list for 2023? Aaron and Julia discuss how to look at your goals, assess where you are and then evaluate where you might need to make changes.
The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve.
Work hard, live simply, and enjoying life!
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In part 2 of a 3 part series, Julia discusses future moves she will be making with her family to live a more natural lifestyle.
The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve.
Work hard, live simply, and enjoying life!
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Aaron and Julia discuss how frugality is a lifestyle choice and common mistakes that they have made on their frugal journey.
The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve.
Work hard, live simply, and enjoying life!
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Julia discusses why they are moving to a more natural lifestyle as well as the changes they are making right now. Join her as she discusses changes she will be making in the future and where her journal to natural living ends.
The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve.
Work hard, live simply, and enjoying life!
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Today, Aaron and Julia discuss how you can still grow your own food without breaking the bank. These tips and practices help them keep their overall cost down and help them on their frugal journey.
The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve.
Work hard, live simply, and enjoying life!
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In today's episode, Julia discusses why she and Aaron have made their family a priority on the homestead. While the hustle and daily grind are important, balance and priorities are just as crucial.
The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve.
Work hard, live simply, and enjoying life!
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In this weeks episode, Aaron and Julia discuss steps they are taking now and next month on their frugal homesteading journey to reduce their costs and reach their goals faster.
The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve.
Work hard, live simply, and enjoying life!
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In this weeks episode, Julia discusses the key reasons why she has shifted to renewable items vs one use items as well as the area you can see the biggest difference.
The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve.
Work hard, live simply, and enjoying life!
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In this weeks episode, Aaron and Julia discuss why you should shift our focus on your homestead from now to the future. Will you be able to manage your homestead 40 years from now the same way you do now?
The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve.
Work hard, live simply, and enjoying life!
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Tonight, Julia discusses what she does to prioritize the roles she plays in her homestead, where she excels and where she fails.
The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve.
Work hard, live simply, and enjoying life!
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Aaron and Julia discuss why and how they apply their catch phrase to each aspect of their life.
The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve.
Work hard, live simply, and enjoying life!
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In this weeks episode, Julia discusses a few ways to save money at home and invest in yourself.
The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve.
Work hard, live simply, and enjoying life!
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Aaron and Julia discuss how they are managing their renovations to fit their frugal lifestyle while investing where important to them and looking at future goals for their homestead.
The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve.
Work hard, live simply, and enjoying life!
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Julia discuss the few things she does that saves her hours in the kitchen, giving her more time to be a wife and mother.
The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve.
Work hard, live simply, and enjoying life!
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Today, Aaron and Julia discuss self improvement on the homestead, why it is important to always look for opportunities to improve, and different learning sources.
The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve.
Work hard, live simply, and enjoying life!
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In this week's episode, Julia discusses how to identify and take the wins in life for a simpler life experience.
The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve.
Work hard, live simply, and enjoying life!
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In today's episode, Aaron discusses how to find those free items for your Homestead Projects and Needs!
The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve.
Work hard, live simply, and enjoying life!
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Julia explains why spring cleaning is a thing of the past in her life and what she does to maintain a comfortable but tidy home.
The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve.
Work hard, live simply, and enjoying life!
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Aaron and Julia discuss how they re-focus on the values they want to leave behind as a legacy for their Homestead!
The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve.
Work hard, live simply, and enjoying life!
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Julia discusses the ways she tries to keep productive on the homestead, focusing on keeping her goals in mind and the homestead and life running smoothly even during the busiest of times.
The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve.
Work hard, live simply, and enjoying life!
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Aaron and Julia discuss the mistakes they made on setting up their homestead as well as the lessons they learned. Join them as they detail how they are focusing all their future homestead projects around setting up their homestead property to its fullest.
The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve.
Work hard, live simply, and enjoying life!
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Julia discusses the roles she plays on her homestead and the hats she wears to keep a functioning household. With all the roles ladies are dealt, it eventually leads to stress, and she also provides her top tips for managing her stress on the homestead when there are not enough hands.
The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve.
Work hard, live simply, and enjoying life!
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Aaron and Julia discuss their plans for their side-hustles, side hustles they want to incorporate into their homestead as well as the things they have learned that will help you have an even better side-hustle.
The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve.
Work hard, live simply, and enjoying life!
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Julia introduces the purpose of Farm Wife, Sexy Life and what she hopes to accomplish. Women on the homestead wear so many hats and the goal with this podcast is to create a place to discuss and foster ideas for a easier lifestyle to help you reach your ultimate goal.
The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve.
Work hard, live simply, and enjoying life!
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Aaron and Julia discuss what steps they are taking to help them prepare for any possible future financial difficulties.
The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve.
Work hard, live simply, and enjoying life!
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Aaron and Julia discuss areas they focus on in the days before Spring finds us and everything gets crazy on the homestead.
The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve.
Work hard, live simply, and enjoying life!
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Aaron and Julia discuss how they handle the ever changing weather in their area and give you tips to help you with your own weather preps.
The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve.
Work hard, live simply, and enjoying life!
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Aaron and Julia discuss the tips they use to provide a great but still cost conscious lifestyle with a child in tow.
The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve.
Work hard, live simply, and enjoying life!
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Aaron and Julia give their keys to success with seed starting after many many failures.
The suggested lights were the Barrina Grow Lights, the cost has went up to about 70-100, but they are worth it for how well they work.
The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve.
Work hard, live simply, and enjoying life!
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Aaron and Julia share their more "extreme" frugal tips and tricks that help keep them on budget.
The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve.
Work hard, live simply, and enjoying life!
Visit us at https://linktr.ee/thecannycouple or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com.
The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve.
Work hard, live simply, and enjoying life!
Visit us at https://linktr.ee/thecannycouple or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com.
Aaron and Julia discuss how organization is key to their homestead dream of being self sufficient and free.
The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve.
Work hard, live simply, and enjoying life!
Visit us at https://linktr.ee/thecannycouple or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com.
Aaron and Julia discuss how they are remodeling their home for a more sustainable lifestyle and a more efficient homestead.
The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve.
Work hard, live simply, and enjoying life!
Visit us at https://linktr.ee/thecannycouple or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com.
Berries and vines are some of the Canny Couples favorite items to grow and they share with you the expansion plans for 2023.
The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve.
Work hard, live simply, and enjoying life!
Visit us at https://linktr.ee/thecannycouple or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com.
Aaron and Julia discuss how the changes they have made have impacted their budget, what has worked, what hasn't worked, and what changes they are planning to make for the next 30 days.
The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve.
Work hard, live simply, and enjoying life!
Visit us at https://linktr.ee/thecannycouple or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com.
Aaron and Julia discuss the remaining seeds they plan on putting out for 2023 to help them on their way to being more self reliant.
The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve.
Work hard, live simply, and enjoying life!
Visit us at https://linktr.ee/thecannycouple or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com.
Aaron and Julia discuss their goals for 2023 for their homestead to help provide motivation and inspiration in all their upcoming projects.
The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve.
Work hard, live simply, and enjoying life!
Visit us at https://linktr.ee/thecannycouple or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com.
Join Aaron and Julia to discuss their plans for their garden in 2023 and what plants they are planning to grow.
The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve.
Work hard, live simply, and enjoying life!
Visit us at https://linktr.ee/thecannycouple or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com.
Aaron and Julia are back and discussing how they made progress on trimming their budget, where they failed, as well as their plans for the next month.
The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve.
Work hard, live simply, and enjoying life!
Visit us at https://linktr.ee/thecannycouple or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com.
Aaron and Julia have been getting questions about why they are so focused on being homesteaders and living frugally. Join them as they discuss their reasons and why this lifestyle is fundamental to them.
The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve.
Work hard, live simply, and enjoying life!
Visit us at https://linktr.ee/thecannycouple or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com.
Aaron and Julia discuss practical homesteading as a means to obtain goals while still building the dream lifestyle and avoiding frustrations and burnout.
The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve.
Work hard, live simply, and enjoying life!
Visit us at https://linktr.ee/thecannycouple or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com.
Aaron and Julia discuss the skills they have developed during their homestead and just how much they still need to learn.
The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve.
Work hard, live simply, and enjoying life!
Visit us at https://linktr.ee/thecannycouple or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com.
Aaron and Julia have their first episode of Monthly Homestead Frugal Tactics where they discuss exactly what they are doing for the next month to help lower their costs, what works and what doesn't work to help them save for future homestead projects while paying off debt.
The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve.
Work hard, live simply, and enjoying life!
Visit us at https://linktr.ee/thecannycouple or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com.
Aaron and Julia discuss the challenges they face building a homestead community in their area. Even though they are rural, their area and schedules create limitations that have made building a community of homesteading individuals difficult.
The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve.
Work hard, live simply, and enjoying life!
Visit us at https://linktr.ee/thecannycouple or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com.
Join Aaron and Julia as they discuss what has kept them from adding animals to their homestead and how they made the decisions on the livestock they will be adding to their property.
The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve.
Work hard, live simply, and enjoying life!
Visit us at https://linktr.ee/thecannycouple or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com
For this week's episode, join Aaron as he discusses how he utilizes credit cards for our advantage. Rewards are a great way of saving for special projects and saving extra money.
The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve.
Work hard, live simply, and enjoying life!
Visit us at https://linktr.ee/thecannycouple or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com.
Today, on Rural Reliance, Aaron and Julia discuss the strategies they are implementing to be more money conscious and save money on their homestead.
The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve.
Work hard, live simply, and enjoying life!
Visit us at https://linktr.ee/thecannycouple or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com.
The projects on a homestead never end and funding the list can get expensive. Aaron and Julia discuss the changes they are making in their budget to keep from going into debt and building the homestead of their dreams.
The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve.
Work hard, live simply, and enjoying life!
Visit us at https://linktr.ee/thecannycouple or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com.
Living in a rural area always comes with its own set of challenges, but winter adds another element of difficultly. Aaron and Julia discuss the steps they start taking now to be ready before the first snow hits. With the current uncertainty in the world, it never hurts to add another layer of preparedness.
The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve.
Work hard, live simply, and enjoying life!
Visit us at https://linktr.ee/thecannycouple or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com.
As 2023 keeps creeping closer and closer, Aaron and Julia explore their 2022 success and failures. They discuss their method for wintering their garden as well as the major changes coming in 2023 to help increase their production.
The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve.
Work hard, live simply, and enjoying life!
Visit us at https://linktr.ee/thecannycouple or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com.
Aaron and Julia discuss how their relationship works on the homestead, stay aligned with their goals, and STILL enjoy being together.
The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve.
Work hard, live simply, and enjoying life!
Visit us at https://linktr.ee/thecannycouple or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com.
Aaron and Julia discuss steps they are taking in 2022 and 2023 to move to a simpler, self reliant lifestyle. Join them as they discuss the goals they will take as they continue to move towards being more Rural Reliant!
The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve.
Work hard, live simply, and enjoying life!
Visit us at https://linktr.ee/thecannycouple or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com.
Aaron and Julia discuss how they prevent and deal with allergic reactions to poison ivy and other plants, bees, and allergies in general on the homestead. Join them as they reveal the tips that work for them to handle one of the more difficult sides of living on a rural homestead.
The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve.
Work hard, live simply, and enjoying life!
Visit us at https://linktr.ee/thecannycouple or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com.
In part 2 of their mini series discussing rural living, Aaron and Julia discuss what they find most rewarding about a rural lifestyle.
The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve.
Work hard, live simply, and enjoying life!
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In part 1 of a 2 part mini series, Aaron and Julia discuss the challenges they face when approaching projects and everyday life in general living in rural Southwest Virginia.
The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve.
Work hard, live simply, and enjoying life!
Visit us at www.thecannycouple.com or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com.
Aaron and Julia discuss their current strategies to try and save money during the current inflation environment. They share strategies they have used for years to help cut cost and the current habits they are building to save even more.
The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve.
Work hard, live simply, and enjoying life!
Visit us at www.thecannycouple.com or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com.
Join Aaron and Julia as they discuss how they manage their debt, household payments, and also find ways to pay themselves. They will be discussing how they set up their budget, the focus on debt and their journey to the debt free homestead dream.
The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve.
Work hard, live simply, and enjoying life!
Visit us at www.thecannycouple.com or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com
Today Aaron and Julia describe their key to having an effective week on the homestead and the tools they use to stay on top of day to day tasks.
The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve.
Work hard, live simply, and enjoying life!
Visit us at www.thecannycouple.com or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com
Join Aaron and Julia today as they discuss their failures and successes in protecting their garden from the common enemy, DEER! From fishing line to kitty litter, they tried it all and want to share what worked and didn't work on their little homestead. They will also go over some new methods they will implement in the future.
The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve.
Work hard, live simply, and enjoying life!
Visit us at www.thecannycouple.com or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com
In this episode, Aaron and Julia discuss how the methods they currently use to preserve their garden goodies as well as their favorite tools for gathering and processing. They also give you a peak into the future of their food processing journey.
The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve.
Work hard, live simply, and enjoying life!
Visit us at www.thecannycouple.com or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com
In this episode, you will get a peak into who are Aaron and Julia, what their goals are, what they plan to achieve, and their ultimate goal of Rural Reliance.