Homesteading Couple Hasn’t Bought Groceries in a Year of Self-Sufficient Living

Chris and Stef jumped into self-sufficiency last year when they decided not to buy groceries for an entire year, including staples like salt, sugar, coffee, and flour! Instead, they’ve been growing, catching, raising, and harvesting 100% of their food supply on a small 1/2 acre homestead. They’re only a few weeks away from completing their year-long homestead challenge and they attribute their success to hard work and to the fact that they live in the Southern Gulf Islands where they have a great growing climate and access to the ocean. Be sure to follow their@Lovin offtheLand homesteading adventures – they’re going to continue producing most of their own food even after the challenge is done, and may even announce a brand new challenge later this year! The couple’s four main sources of food have been: CATCH - they catch fish, prawns, and other seafood from the ocean GROW - they gr