Rural Reliance with The Canny Couple

Change can be empowering, even if it is a simple change to your working pantry. On this week's episode, Julia shares how she is shifting her focus for her family's food storage to create a sustainable, easy system that works for her whole family while creating a less stressful environment in emergency situations. ************ The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple, debt-free life. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life. We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life. Visit us at https://linktr.ee/thecannycouple or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com The Canny Couple PO Box 464 Duffield, VA 24244 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruralreliance/support

Holidays are a joyful and stressful time of the year, and can be extremely expensive. There are ways to manage the costs. Today, Aaron and Julia share what they do every year to help keep their overall holiday spending on budget including food, gifting, and decorations. ********* The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple, debt-free life. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life. We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life. Visit us at https://linktr.ee/thecannycouple or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com The Canny Couple PO Box 464 Duffield, VA 24244 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruralreliance/support

Projects in themselves can be overwhelming and daunting. Trying to save money as well can feel impossible. Today, Julia shares her approach to project planning to ensure functionality, durability, and cost savings in the short term and the long term. ************* The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple, debt-free life. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life. We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life. Visit us at https://linktr.ee/thecannycouple or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com The Canny Couple PO Box 464 Duffield, VA 24244 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruralreliance/support

What is happening this fall on your homestead? Today, Aaron and Julia share what their fall focus is and the long list of goals they hope to accomplish to start pushing the growth of their homestead. ************** The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple, debt-free life. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life. We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life. Visit us at https://linktr.ee/thecannycouple or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com The Canny Couple PO Box 464 Duffield, VA 24244 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruralreliance/support

Being a mom comes with struggles no one can understand until they experience them themselves. Today, Julia shares her personal struggles with being a mom as well as how she powers through them. *********** The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple, debt-free life. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life. We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life. Visit us at https://linktr.ee/thecannycouple or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com The Canny Couple PO Box 464 Duffield, VA 24244 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruralreliance/support

Aaron and Julia's preps were put to the test several days ago, and today they share how they handled the experience. They discuss on this episode of Rural Reliance how their current systems worked in an off grid system and where they need to make some improvements. ************* The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple, debt-free life. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life. We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life. Visit us at https://linktr.ee/thecannycouple or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com The Canny Couple PO Box 464 Duffield, VA 24244 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruralreliance/support

Working with your partner and being on the same page financially is one of the keys to a successful relationship. Today, Julia shares why financial awareness of your household is so important as well as providing key steps to start taking now to begin understanding your finances together. *********** The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple, debt-free life. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life. We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life. Visit us at https://linktr.ee/thecannycouple or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com The Canny Couple PO Box 464 Duffield, VA 24244 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruralreliance/support

Its that time of the month again. Join Aaron and Julia as they discuss where they failed and where they succeeded with this months budget on the homestead. There are lessons to learn from your financial failures and successes. ********** The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple, debt-free life. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life. We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life. Visit us at https://linktr.ee/thecannycouple or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com The Canny Couple PO Box 464 Duffield, VA 24244 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruralreliance/support

This year so far has been different for Julia and today she shares how her Fall season is different compared to years past. From canning to gardening, she talks about it all in this week's episode of Farm Wife, Sexy Life. ************* The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple, debt-free life. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life. We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life. Visit us at https://linktr.ee/thecannycouple or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com The Canny Couple PO Box 464 Duffield, VA 24244 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruralreliance/support

Having a budget is essential to a strong financial future. Today, Aaron and Julia discuss how having a bare bones budget is just as important and why you need to know those numbers. You never know when you might need this crucial information. *********** The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple, debt-free life. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life. We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life. Visit us at https://linktr.ee/thecannycouple or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com The Canny Couple PO Box 464 Duffield, VA 24244 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruralreliance/support

What have you cut out from your budget to help reach your financial goals? On this week's episode, Julia shares what she stopped spending money on to help her family grow closer to their big money goals. Making what seems like a small sacrifice for a short time can lead to a huge financial win in the long run. ****************** The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple, debt-free life. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life. We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life. Visit us at https://linktr.ee/thecannycouple or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com The Canny Couple PO Box 464 Duffield, VA 24244 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruralreliance/support

Today, Aaron and Julia share what steps they took when they became a single income family to ensure their financial success. These steps seem really simple, but made all the difference in their communication and understanding of their family finances. *************** The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple, debt-free life. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life. We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life. Visit us at https://linktr.ee/thecannycouple or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com The Canny Couple PO Box 464 Duffield, VA 24244 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruralreliance/support

Winter is just around the corner and it changes how your day to day goes on the homestead. Today, Julia shares how she and Aaron determine what they need to focus on in the last quarter of the year as well as what her personal goals are to end the year out strong. ****************** The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple, debt-free life. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life. We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life. Visit us at https://linktr.ee/thecannycouple or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com The Canny Couple PO Box 464 Duffield, VA 24244 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruralreliance/support

In a world with so much information at your fingertips, researching and determining good, quality resources is more important now than ever. Today, Aaron and Julia discuss how they approach finding information and where they have failed spectacularly. ************ The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple, debt-free life. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life. We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life. Visit us at https://linktr.ee/thecannycouple or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com The Canny Couple PO Box 464 Duffield, VA 24244 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruralreliance/support

On this week's episode, Julia shares the biggest lessons she has learned throughout her homesteading transformation. Reflection is a great way to help guide you into the future you want to build for yourself. *************** The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple, debt-free life. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life. We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life. Visit us at https://linktr.ee/thecannycouple or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com The Canny Couple PO Box 464 Duffield, VA 24244 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruralreliance/support