Happy Holidays!
Are you looking for a unique gift for your favorite homesteader? Or perhaps a timeless tool for your own homestead? Do you need a go-to list to send to loved ones that are looking to buy you a gift that you truly need?
The 2016 Holiday Gift Guide is here to help!
I have hand-picked the items on this list and either use them myself here on our off-grid homestead, or am good friends with their creators so I trust their craftsmanship and customer service implicitly.
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Homestead Essentials
Berkey Water Filter/Purifiers – This is hands-down the most important tool on our homestead. Because we collect rainwater for drinking and cooking, we rely on our Berkey to render our catchment potable. Berkey filters work with gravity alone – no electricity needed – so they are amazing not only for day-to-day use, but also for emergency preparedness. Plus, they make your drinking water taste AMAZING!!
Wind Power or a Solar Electric System
Stainless Steel Food Mill
Handmade Wooden Drying Racks – These gorgeous clothes drying racks are handmade by the Gunderson family in Oregon. Each member of their family contributes to the making of their wooden racks. Best of all, their online store also carries a number of other useful homesteading goods. Use the coupon code “homesteadhoney” for 10% off their drying racks.
For the Home
Hand-Forged Dinner Bell – Come and Get it! This hand-forged dinner bell is both functional and beautiful, and the perfect gift. My husband Brian is the artist behind Acorn Hill Handcraft’s forge, and you’ll find his distinctive organic style on wrought iron hooks, stocking hangers, curtain rods and toilet paper holders, bottle openers, and other metal pieces. Take 10% off your order with the coupon code “Holiday10”.
Alaska Wall Calendar – Amanda from Idlewild Alaska captures the wild beauty of Alaska in this 2017 wall calendar. In addition to photographs from nature, each month features one “this day in Alaskan history” for the trivia buffs in your life!
Quilts and Quilted Goods – Ruby Mozzelle’s Quilts features heirloom quilts and quilted goods such as casserole carriers and journal covers. You’ll also find naturally scented soy wax candles hand-sewn gift bags that are colorful and eco-friendly!
Body Care
Farmstead Soap – Have you ever checked out Quinn’s blog, Reformation Acres? Everything Quinn does is tasteful and beautiful, and her Etsy shop is no exception. From lip balm to salves, beard oil to soaps, you will find a wide variety of all-natural, Farmstead-crafted goods. Check out her Cream Line Soap, made from the milk of Jersey cows!
Natural Soap Making eBook – For the DIYer in your life, empower them to make their own all-natural soaps with Jan Berry’s Natural Soap Making eBook. Read around on Jan’s blog, The Nerdy Farm Wife, and you’ll see that she’s the real deal – teaching thousands of beginning soap makers how to create all-natural body products at home.
Just For Kids
DucKsday Outdoor Gear from Ollie and Stella Outfitters
Crafty Picks
Free Range Yarn – If you’re the knitting or crocheting type, you will love Janet’s Free Range Yarn. She recently sent me a skein of her gorgeous Border Leicester – Alpaca – Pygora blend yarn. It has a beautiful drape and took a natural Goldenrod dye beautifully. Use the discount code “5OFF50” for $5 off an order totaling over $50.
Wooly Moss Roots
Craftsy – Not sure what to get the crafty person in your life? How about an online class through Craftsy? What I like about their classes is that there is SO much variety and classes for each level of student. I’m hoping for a bit of down time in January so I can take the Essential Guide to Finishing Handknits class. Especially relevant to homesteaders are their handwork, cooking, and gardening classes.
Tasty Treats
The Hive Box
Read On!
Creating Your Off-Grid Homestead – This eBook (by yours truly) would be a great gift for someone who is considering starting a homestead from scratch on raw land, is interested in living off-grid, or is looking for ways to prepare for emergencies with systems such as water catchment and alternative cooking methods. Creating Your Off-Grid Homestead is available as a PDF download or Kindle (on Amazon). Use the coupon code “offgrid”to get 15% off when you purchase HERE.