Everyday Homesteading

Josh and Carolyn Thomas host Everyday Homesteading with a refreshingly realistic take on what it means to grow your own food while juggling a busy family life. They grow about 70% of the food their family eats, run two businesses, and homeschool their kids, so when they say homesteading fits into a normal schedule, they have the receipts to prove it. The show's central promise is that you can do meaningful food production in just 5 to 10 hours per week. That practical framing makes it stand out from podcasts that make homesteading sound like a full-time, all-consuming lifestyle. Episodes cover bread-making, cheese-making, raising chickens and dairy cows, dehydrating, herbal medicine, and garden planning. Josh and Carolyn host together and also bring in guest experts for deeper technical topics. The production quality is noticeably good, clean audio and well-structured episodes that respect your time. With 270 episodes, a 4.9 rating from over a thousand reviews, and a biweekly release schedule, this is one of the most consistently well-regarded homesteading podcasts out there. They also run the School of Traditional Skills and the Homesteading Family website, where they offer more in-depth courses. Listeners frequently praise them for being non-dogmatic and avoiding the guilt trips that can come with sustainability content. It is a genuinely helpful show for anyone who wants to produce more of their own food without burning out.