I must admit, I saw this post earlier, but skipped it because it didn't stand out to me that it wasn't about stocks/bonds/etc. I came back to your blog from @countryprepper by looking through who he follows, and then (being at work and with some time to kill) clicked to watch your video.

I would edit the post title to include something like "homestead income" or something like it to attract more viewers. Everyone wants to know of ways to make money on a homestead! :)

In response to your video, here is what we're currently doing...

• I work full time in the IT industry and am the primary bread winner for my family.
• This year, my wife started a home business of making hand crafted soap. She has worked hard and has four local retail shops selling her soaps now. We also do craft fairs and events as we can to help sell.
• I have a YouTube channel and have been putting out content for about 18 months over there. The income is pitiful though... at only $118 to date.
• We blog on Steemit. I primarily do the blogging and content creation, but my wife is starting to help come up with ideas, etc. We have made triple the money on Steemit in a month and a half than YouTube!
• My wife hits up the local thrift stores and yard sales to purchase items to re-sale online or one-on-one via facebook marketplace. Items such as vintage dishwares, clothing, etc. Kind of like an independent thrift store reseller?
• I do commission woodworking items occasionally. Mostly in 19th century reproduction furniture for Living Historians of the Civil War Era.
• We are getting sheep to run on our land. They're primarily so that I don't have to mow, and as "pets" for our kids, and learning tools for our kids (responsibility, animal husbandry, etc.). When we shear them once a year, we will clean and spin the wool ourselves to either make crafts from, or sell to crafters.
• We have sold eggs in the past, but the market is extremely saturated in our area for these goods. We have scaled down our flock to just supply our family needs now.

Wow... that's a lot more than I thought it was going to be! :)

I have "business ideas" all the time and have dreams of supporting my family by other means. Hopefully I'll get there sooner than later... until then, I guess looking above is why I don't have much free time. LOL

Thanks @homesteaddad for this post!

Oh... another tip... a lot of us use the tag #homesteading instead of #homestead. That may also help your viewership? Maybe not.. just throwing it out there.

Upvoted, resteemed and following you now! :)

-Sam
@greenacrehome