You have a dream!

Whether you're in the city, the suburbs, or in the middle of the woods, you can live a simple, joyful, satisfying life - and I'm right behind you, encouraging you every step of the way.

No matter where you live!

I carried the dream of a simple life inside my heart for so many years while I followed the Chief, my military-then-pastor husband, from one end of the world to another and around the United States a few times.

"Simple living" looked different in each of those homes (more than 30 of them!), and it will look different for you too, but deep down, we all have the same yearning.

To live a less stressful, more fulfilling, satisfying life.

Maybe that dream calls even louder to you if you live in the city or suburbs.

We can do this, even if there isn't room for livestock, even if the only soil available is in containers on the balcony and your thumb is anything but "green".

My passion is to help you live a simple, joyful life, no matter your circumstances or where you live!

Who am I? 

I'm more than just a face on your computer (or phone) screen.

I'm Kathi, wife, mother and grandma, and a chicken-keeping, horse-loving, goat-milking gal who loves Jesus and struggles a bit with gardening.

A few fun facts about me:

• I love sweet tea, don't like coffee, and I stopped drinking soda cold-turkey in 2017.

• The possibility of having a horse again was one of the reasons I was willing to move one more time, from Michigan to Oklahoma. I never outgrew being a horse-crazy kid. (That's eight-year-old me in the photo.)

• Before the internet was a "thing" I edited and self-published a small subscription newsletter called Cat Chat.

Writing is one of my passions. I've written for several blogs around the web (including Self-Reliant School, Hello Homestead and Essential Homestead) and have been published in magazines including Country Almanac, Country Decorating Ideas, Country Kitchens and Baths, Iam's Your Cat, and many others.

  

I loved talking with Jill Winger of The Prairie Homestead on her podcast, Old-Fashioned on Purpose, about homesteading in the "golden years."  You'll find that episode here, full of tips to continue your homestead journey whether you are getting older, facing health problems, caregiving for others, or working away from the homestead.

I've been featured on GRIT Magazine's site here and here, featured by L'Equip here, mentioned by Stark Bro's Nurseries and Orchards, and included in 15 Acre Homestead's list of 10 Homesteading Blogs I Read Religiously. 

Join me as I talk about emergency grab and go binders with Amy and JJ on It Takes Two, KFGO Radio.

Oak Hill Homestead was awarded Green Oklahoma's Readers' Choice Award for the Best Green Blog in Oklahoma in 2016.

    

Let's keep in touch! You can subscribe to The Acorn, Oak Hill Homestead's weekly-ish newsletter, and join me on Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest. I'd love to see you there! 

You might want to start with these posts:

• How to Homestead, No Matter Where You Live
• The Key to a Happier Life is Thankfulness
• Why It's OK to Downsize Your Homestead
• 5 Homestead Skills You Need
• My nearly-two decades with goats

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