Spring brings a sense of momentum on the homestead. And my curiosity always peaks in the spring, making me want to learn new homesteading skills! Below is a comprehensive list showing you how to learn these 13 homestead skills, and they aren’t just from me. I have pulled together a group of knowledgeable people who are also passionate about teaching people how to learn new skills!
The snow melts, the ground softens, and suddenly everything begins moving again — gardens, animals, projects, plans. But spring isn’t just the beginning of a growing season. It’s also one of the best times of year to learn new skills.
Homesteading is built on skills. Every year you add another layer of knowledge that makes your home, your land, and your systems more capable and resilient.
Instead of trying to do everything at once, spring can be a great time to choose a few practical skills and learn them well. Whether it’s improving your garden production, learning food preservation, working with animals, or building simple systems around your home, these skills compound over time.
In this collaborative roundup, we’ve gathered a collection of homestead skills that are especially useful to learn this spring. Each post below shares a different perspective or practical skill that can help strengthen your homestead and expand what you’re able to do yourself.
Take a look through the list, find something that interests you, and consider adding a new skill to your homestead this season!
How To Keep Turkeys & Chickens Together
Can turkeys and chickens live together peacefully? They absolutely can! I’m sharing how we raise turkeys and chickens together on our farm while sticking to a budget. Plus I’ll give you the tips that have helped us along the way. – Rivers Family Farm
How to Care for Baby Chicks: A Simple Guide for Raising Healthy, Happy Chicks at Home
Bringing home baby chicks is one of the most exciting parts of starting a backyard flock. Those tiny fluffballs with their sweet chirps instantly steal your heart, and learning how to care for baby chicks can feel like both a joy and a big responsibility. – Our Manor On Main
How To Restore And Clean Cast Iron
Cast iron is like the hidden gem in a kitchen. Although it’s growing in popularity, it’s still uncharted territory for a lot of people. Using cast iron in a modern day kitchen may seem like too much work and effort, but trust me when I say IT’S TOTALLY WORTH IT! In this post I’ll break down how to restore and clean cast iron so that you too can join the cast movement! – A Lovely Place Called Home
How To Square Foot Garden
I have been gardening for over twenty years now. I began gardening in the suburbs of Denver and we started with six square foot boxes. We used the Square Foot Gardening method and I still stand by this method today. -Mesa View Homestead
How To: The Basics of Raising Rabbits on the Homestead
Spring is just around the corner, and it is the perfect time to start raising rabbits on your homestead. Whether you’re interested in raising meat rabbits, producing rabbit meat, or simply adding productive animals to your property, spring gives you time to get through the learning curve before the hot weather and winter months arrive. – Kindling Wild
How to Start a Garden at a Rental House
Follow this step by step guide to learn how to start a garden at a rental house. From using buckets to creating a no-till garden plot in your rental house, there is a way you can start a garden to be more self-sufficient, wherever you are! -Barefoot And Aproned
How To Deep Clean Your Bathroom Naturally
Being a professional cleaner for all of my adult life thus far, I’ve figured out ways to avoid harsh chemicals in cleaning products since I have to use them nearly everyday. Cleaning with natural products not only benefits my health but others as well. – A Lovely Place Called Home
How to Keep Kombucha SCOBY Healthy and Active
So you want to make kombucha yourself, but the idea of keeping a starter alive is daunting. Or the thought of ANOTHER thing to be responsible for is too much to handle. Don’t worry, brewing homemade kombucha is not like that!… – The Hendersons Homestead
How to Make Chamomile Lavender Tallow Soap (Cold Process Soap)
Making your own soap at home is one of those things that feels both luxurious and homestead-worthy at the same time. This chamomile and lavender tallow soap pairs two of my favorite calming herbs with the nourishing benefits of tallow, creating a bar that’s as gentle as it is beautiful. – A Hint Of Homestead
How To Collect Spring Water For Your Family
This is a simple rundown on how to collect spring water for your family. By doing this method, you are providing your family with mineral rich water that is healthy and beneficial. We do it for our family and you should too! – A Lovely Place Called Home
How To: Easy to Grow Cut Flowers
One of my favorite feelings in the summer is when I go outside with a pair of scissors and a basket and pick which flowers I want to display in my house or give as a gift to a friend. A cut flower garden was an intimidating thought at the beginning of my gardening journey. I didn’t know what plants are good for cutting or vases, or how to plant or grow them…. – The Homesmiths
How to Render Tallow (Easy Water Method)
Learn the easiest way to render pure, odorless tallow, perfect for everything from cooking to skincare! Once you try this fail-proof method for how to render tallow, you’ll never want to do it any other way. – Right At Home
How To: Planning a Kitchen Garden
People garden for all sorts of reasons — pleasure, food security, a bit of extra income. As a housewife, the garden is my contribution to our grocery budget. For years we have planted on a larger scale, with long rows of vegetables meant for filling the pantry shelves for the year ahead. But over time, I’ve learned it’s just as important for me to have a second garden close to the house. – An Old house And Some Land
Keep Building Your Skills
One of the most rewarding parts of homesteading is that there is always something new to learn.
No one starts out knowing how to do everything. Skills are built over time, season by season, project by project. What feels unfamiliar this spring might become second nature by next year!
The important thing is simply to start.
Choose one skill that interests you, dig into it, practice it, and let it become part of the rhythm of your home and land. Over time those small steps add up to a homestead that is more capable, more resilient, and more independent.
A tool for your toolbelt:
Listen to my podcast that is focused on helping you in your homesteading journey! We go through the systems, math breakdowns, and expectations surrounding topics like animal husbandry, income streams for your homestead, off-grid set ups, and realistic home projects.
Off Grid Bathroom: Toilets, Showering, Water Systems ep.10 – A Lovely Place Called Home
- Off Grid Bathroom: Toilets, Showering, Water Systems ep.10
- How We Do Laundry Off Grid: Real Systems & Options ep.9
- Selling Vegetable Starts From Home: Costs, Pricing, and Profit Ep.8
- 10 Off-Grid Mistakes That Cost Us Time, Money, and Energy Ep.7
- Raising Meat Rabbits for Profit: Costs, Income Streams & Reality Ep.6
I hope this collection gave you a few ideas for skills you might want to explore this season.
If you have a homestead skill you’re planning to learn this spring, I’d love to hear about it in the comments.
HOW TO LEARN THESE 13 HOMESTEAD SKILLS THIS SPRING
These are such great things to learn whether you have a homestead or are just trying to be more self-sufficient in town!
I agree! They are all so versatile for many different types of homesteaders and homemakers alike!
What a great list! Thank you for including me. 🙂
Im so glad it worked out and it turned out amazing!