Roots and Refuge Podcast

Hey, y'all! Welcome to episode seventeen of the Roots and Refuge Podcast.  This week is a throwback to a YouTube video I recorded back in March of 2022 on the urgency to grow food. I thought it was an important topic, enough so that I wanted it to be published in my podcasts. If you caught this video, perhaps this is a great reminder of the why behind what we do. For more information and any links...

Hey, y'all! Welcome to episode sixteen of the Roots and Refuge Podcast.  Today's episode is all about learning how to deal with loss on the farm. Death and dying on the homestead is an inevitability. Where there is livestock, there will be dead stock. I don't say this to be harsh, but I wish someone had prepared me better for this life before I jumped in with both feet. For more information and an...

Hey, y'all! Welcome to episode fifteen of the Roots and Refuge Podcast.  For more information and any links mentioned, visit the blog post here. Or to join our Patreon to get early access to all our podcast episodes, monthly live Q&As with Miah and me (including past lives), and to be entered into a drawing to win a trip to Roots and Refuge farm, visit our  Patreon Page . As always, stay up to dat...

Hey, y'all! Welcome to episode fourteen of the Roots and Refuge Podcast. Today Miah is back with me on the podcast and we're answering some previously asked questions all about home life and our family.  For more information and any links mentioned, visit the blog post here . Or to join our Patreon to get early access to all our podcast episodes, monthly live Q&As with Miah and me (including past...

Hey, y'all! Welcome to episode thirteen of the Roots and Refuge Podcast. Today I'm going to be answering the question, "What is a homesteader?" Homesteading looks different for all of us and we're all at different stages in our journey. I have a very deep-rooted belief that we can all turn our waiting room into a classroom. This can apply to anything! If you have a dream in your heart, the very be...

Welcome to episode twelve of the Roots and Refuge Podcast. Today I'm going to be taking a deep dive into raising backyard egg-laying chickens. I know this is a pretty introductory topic, however, I have heard so many new people entering into this homesteading lifestyle lately, and backyard chickens are their entry point, so I want to be sure it's covered well.  As you know, my love of homesteading...

Welcome to episode eleven of the Roots and Refuge Podcast. If you're new here, I'm so glad you're here. And if you've been with us for a while, I'm so glad you're here, too, thanks for coming back! Today I'm excited to welcome Jesse Bickley from  Willow Brook Homestead to the Roots and Refuge Podcast. Come join us as we discuss what it's like to build a homestead from scratch, how to stay motivate...

Welcome to episode ten of the Roots and Refuge Podcast. If you're new here, I'm so glad you're here. And if you've been with us for a while, I'm so glad you're here, too, thanks for coming back! I love food. In the healthiest way. It's not my main source of comfort, though it is comforting. It's not my main source of joy, though I do find joy in it. It's not something I feel enslaved to at all, th...

Welcome to episode nine of the Roots and Refuge Podcast. If you're new here, I'm so glad you're here. And if you've been with us for a while, I'm so glad you're here, too, thanks for coming back! Today I have a special guest on the podcast. Many of you might know him from some of my YouTube videos, it's Mr. Wil Kunkle from Honeybee Hollow Gardens . In today's podcast, we'll be discussing the basic...

Welcome to episode eight of the Roots and Refuge Podcast. If you're new here, I'm so glad you're here. And if you've been with us for a while, I'm so glad you're here, too, thanks for coming back! This is the third podcast in a series of questions and answers where we're answering your questions based on various topics you all asked on social media. Today's podcast is all about the garden.  For mo...

Welcome to episode seven of the Roots and Refuge Podcast. If you're new here, I'm so glad you're here. And if you've been with us for a while, I'm so glad you're here, too, thanks for coming back! This is a topic that's been on my heart for a while now, and I wanted to discuss it on today's podcast. Today's episode is all about the importance of community sufficiency. What it is, why we need it, a...

Welcome to episode six of the Roots and Refuge Podcast. If you're new here, I'm so glad you're here. And if you've been with us for a while, I'm so glad you're here, too, thanks for coming back! This is the second podcast in a series of questions and answers where we're answering your questions based on various topics you all asked on social media. Today's podcast is all about content creation and...

Welcome to episode five of the Roots and Refuge Podcast. If you're new here, I'm so glad you're here. And if you've been with us for a while, I'm so glad you're here, too! This is the first in a series of questions and answers where we're answering your questions based on various topics you all asked on social media. Today is the homestead edition, which is why Miah is joining me on the podcast. T...

Welcome to episode four of the Roots and Refuge Podcast. If you're new here, I'm so glad you're here. And if you've been with us for a while, I'm so glad you're here, too! In this week's episode, Miah and I are sharing the mistakes we've made over the years. This homesteading journey is no joke, and there are ebbs and flows that come along with it. If we can share our story (and our mistakes) to h...

Welcome to episode three of the Roots and Refuge Podcast. If you're new here, I'm so glad you're here. And if you've been with us for a while, I'm so glad you're here, too! In this week's episode, Sweet Miah is joining me as we discuss our five-year vision for Roots and Refuge Farm. There's so much that goes into a vision and plans, so we want to invite you all into the conversation to hear about...

Welcome to episode two of the Roots and Refuge Podcast. If you're new here, I'm so glad you're here. And if you've been with us for a while, I'm so glad you're here, too! One of the unique things about being a content creator is that I'm much more exposed to the outside world than I ever was before I started doing YouTube. I hear stories from people all over the world that help encourage me, open...

Welcome to the first episode of the Roots and Refuge Podcast. I'm so glad you're here, and I hope you'll stick around for a while. In this episode, you'll hear about our journey from Arkansas to the midlands of South Carolina and how we ended up where we are today.  To get early access to our podcast and get our monthly lives, plus be entered into a drawing for a trip to visit our farm, visit our...