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Aaron and Julia discuss the keys to making cuts to your budget, focusing on you and your families needs, and prioritizing your wants. *********** The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle...

Tonight, Julia talks about the constant pressures of society to keep up with the Jones's. She discusses how you can make a few small changes to put you and your family's needs first, living the life that works best for you. ********** The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy w...

Tonight, Aaron and Julia talk about how they have managed their spending and saved money during the month of August. ************** The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to a...

Julia discusses how to build YOUR homestead for your families needs and avoiding the pitfalls of homestead peer pressure. ▶ ▬ The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve...

Tonight, Aaron and Julia discuss why preserving your harvest is important to any household. Growing food can be more than just a hobby, it can be a source of security in uncertain times. *********** The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative...

Julia discusses what she feels are her successes and failures as a wife, mother, homesteader, and more. She provides an honest look into her life, where she feels she does her best and where the diamond is still a little rough around the edges. *********** The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. D...

Today, Aaron and Julia discuss how to start prepping with frugality in mind. These simple items can make a big difference when life happens and nothing goes as plan while saving you money. ********** The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative...

Today, Julia discusses how she saves money, energy, and effort with a child. Join her as she discusses ways to save money beyond cloth diapers and homemade baby food. *********** The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish t...

Aaron and Julia discuss how they manage working full-time and keep up with their homestead on today's episode. Their tips allow them to keep everything progressing and working toward their goals. ************ The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look...

Today, Julia discusses how to narrow your field of vision to determine what is most useful for your homestead and where to focus your energy. *********** The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple li...

Today Aaron and Julia discuss how they continue to apply frugal tactics to save money on their homestead and why this is important now more than ever. ************ The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional,...

Today, Julia discusses the skills she feels help her the most on her homestead. ************ The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achieve. Work hard, live simply, and enj...

Inflation and cost of living is on everyone's mind. Today, Aaron and Julia give you 35 ways you can cut cost and save money. ***************** The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle...

What to do with all that food?!?! Today, Julia discusses how she stays on top of her garden harvest and keeps her meal plans interesting, while saving money and maintaining her homestead. *************** The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for crea...

After one year of podcasting and content creation, Aaron and Julia reflect on who The Canny Couple is, what they have learned and where they plan to go from here. You never know what the future has in store for The Canny Couple. ******* The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work an...

Julia discuss how her family approaches gifting on the homestead, including how it can brings happiness and joy to think of others and to allow them to think about you. ************* The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accompli...

Today, Aaron and Julia discuss what they do to maintain the home and keep the homestead from taking over. It is all about creating balance and managing the everyday. ****** The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the tra...

Today, Julia discusses some hard homesteading truths that bring a dose of reality to what real homesteading looks like. While homesteading is being glamorized, there are several misconceptions that need to be addressed for new homesteaders. **************************** The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwes...

Today, Aaron and Julia discuss what they learned from taking part in a pantry challenge for June 2023. They discuss the benefits and how they plan to apply what they learned to their homestead going forward. ******** The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both...

Julia discusses a few things that have created freedom for her family while also increasing her child's independence on the homestead while keeping her safe. ************** The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the...

In June's Homestead Frugal Tactics, Aaron and Julia discuss how several of the changes they have made this last month had a significant affect on their budget as the costs of living are on the rise. *********** The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both lo...

In today's episode, Julia discusses the items in her life where she is not going natural and why that is okay. ************ The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they want to achie...

It is the middle of the year and how much have you checked off your goal list for 2023? Aaron and Julia discuss how to look at your goals, assess where you are and then evaluate where you might need to make changes. ************* The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and famil...

In part 2 of a 3 part series, Julia discusses future moves she will be making with her family to live a more natural lifestyle. ********* The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle they wan...

Aaron and Julia discuss how frugality is a lifestyle choice and common mistakes that they have made on their frugal journey. ******************* The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a homesteading family finding ways to live a fully self reliant lifestyle in rural Southwest Virginia. Due to a busy work and family life, both look for creative ways to accomplish the traditional, simple lifestyle t...