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Escape with us into a homesteading, self-sufficient bubble of awesome experiences and endless dreams!

If home is where your heart is, ours stretches across New England.

Join us, as we build our 44+ acre homestead in Vermont while living & gaining skills in Connecticut.

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Its A Homestead Life at Hackett Hill Farm

Its A Homestead Life at Hackett Hill Farm

Ours is just one of so many stories of a family on their homesteading journey. A journey to a more self-sufficient lifestyle with challenges that push you out of your comfort zone and into rewarding experiences beyond measure.

” It’s A Homestead Life ” -Each month I hope to bring you a different family’s story, a new journey with new experiences to share.

About Me

Living in Connecticut, creating a 44 acre homestead in Vermont from scratch, juggling modern day work needs and dreams of a “simpler” life, all while attempting to teach and occupy 3 energetic children along the way….we are The Maxfields and we are Halfway To Homesteading at Bears Den Family Farm! ~Emily

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Its A Homestead Life at Hackett Hill Farm

Its A Homestead Life at Hackett Hill Farm

Ours is just one of so many stories of a family on their homesteading journey. A journey to a more self-sufficient lifestyle with challenges that push you out of your comfort zone and into rewarding experiences beyond measure.

” It’s A Homestead Life ” -Each month I hope to bring you a different family’s story, a new journey with new experiences to share.

31 Dinner Ideas For October

31 Dinner Ideas For October

Oh, the hundreds that you could save when you have dinner ideas planned and a list in your hand! Frugal living isn’t eating beans and rice every day. Sometimes being more frugal minded is simply planning meals for the week before going grocery shopping.