A Farmish Kind of Life

By Amy Dingmann

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Listen to motivational misfit Amy Dingmann get real about life and how to live a good one, whether you live on a farm or not.

Episode Date
333: Be A Light But Don’t Burn Yourself Out
Dec 10, 2025
332: Life is NOT an emergency
Dec 03, 2025
331: Priority isn’t plural
Nov 26, 2025
330: Perspective, Gratitude, and a Broken Smartwatch
Nov 18, 2025
329: Calm as a Chaos Manager
Nov 11, 2025
328: We’ve Forgotten How to Be People
Nov 05, 2025
327: Go Visit Your Grandma
Oct 28, 2025
326: What is the simple life, really?
Oct 21, 2025
325: How Did We Get So… Soft?
Oct 14, 2025
324: The Thing About Comfort Food
Oct 07, 2025
323: Homestead excess isn’t success
Sep 30, 2025
322: When You’re Not Sure What’s Next
Jul 29, 2025
321: Food is medicine, but not a miracle
Jul 08, 2025
320: We Were Made to Move
Jul 01, 2025
319: Easy Doesn’t Fill You Up
Jun 24, 2025
318: When the Systems Fail, Start Over
Jun 17, 2025
317: Homesteaders, You Don’t Have To…
Jun 10, 2025
316: Surviving Midlife on the Homestead
Jun 03, 2025
315: How My Homesteading Worries Have Changed Over The Years
May 27, 2025
314: You Don’t Have to Do it All, But…
May 20, 2025
314: Overinformed and Over It
May 06, 2025
Easy Gardening for Beginners: A Stupid Simple Start
Apr 22, 2025
311: Why I Will Keep Showing Up Messy
Apr 08, 2025
310: If You’re Gone… Then What?
Mar 25, 2025
309: Chasing Nostalgia: Can We Really Go Back to the Good Old Days?
Feb 25, 2025
308: No One Is Coming to Save You: Time to Get Unstuck
Feb 18, 2025
307: Was Homesteading Just a Phase?
Feb 11, 2025
306: Five Phrases Keeping Me Sane This Year
Feb 04, 2025
305: It’s Ok to be Misunderstood
Jan 28, 2025
304: Navigating Homestead Life with Opposite Brains
Jan 21, 2025
303: The real reason you need to declutter
Jan 08, 2025
302: Being Honest About the Year That Just Was
Dec 31, 2024
301: The Cycle of Information… and Life
Dec 17, 2024
300: 10 Choices for a Happier Holiday Season
Dec 10, 2024
299: We’re All Just People Trying to Figure It Out
Dec 03, 2024
298: A Quiet Rebellion: Living Life on Your Own Terms
Nov 12, 2024
297: Nobody Cares (and that’s a good thing)
Nov 05, 2024
296: 7 Things to Focus on Instead of the Election
Oct 29, 2024
295: Fight for your Right… to Get Older?
Oct 22, 2024
294: Make Your Phone a Tool, Not a Tether
Oct 15, 2024
293: Who you gonna call?
Oct 10, 2024
292: Make it STOP: A Rant about our Food System
Oct 01, 2024
291: To do lists and real life: the reality
Sep 24, 2024
290: Embracing busy times on the homestead
Sep 04, 2024
Epi 289: There is so much we don’t know
Aug 20, 2024
288: You’re Right
Aug 13, 2024
287: The Ultimate Apocalypse Team – Are You On It?
Jul 30, 2024
286: Cultivating Connection with Intentional Interactions
Jul 09, 2024
285: Confidence Lessons From a Stray Cat
Jul 02, 2024
284: Celebrate Your Homesteading Wins
Jun 25, 2024
283: Five Reminders for ANY Homesteader
Jun 18, 2024
282: The Use What You Have Food Challenge
Jun 11, 2024
281: Be More Productive with the 220 Method
Jun 04, 2024
280: When Your Goals Don’t Match Your Actions
May 28, 2024
279: Why I (Actually Don’t) Hate People
May 20, 2024
278: Don’t Be Fooled: “Savings” That Actually COST You Money
May 13, 2024
277: 5 Ways to Prep When You’re Pinching Pennies
May 06, 2024
276: The Best Reason to Prep Ain’t About You
Apr 29, 2024
275: when convenience actually hurts: a health crisis of modern comforts
Apr 22, 2024
274: Clucking Controversy! 5 Chicken Raising “Rules” We’ve Challenged
Apr 15, 2024
273: Gasp, we’re skipping meat birds this year. But why?
Apr 01, 2024
272: 5 SHTF Survival Strategies You Shouldn’t Rely On
Mar 25, 2024
271: The Unexciting Secret to Homestead Success
Mar 18, 2024
270: What you actually need in tough times
Mar 11, 2024
269: The World is Ending. Again.
Mar 04, 2024
268: Navigating the world’s craziness with 3 questions
Feb 26, 2024
267: Why We Suck at Being Social
Feb 19, 2024
266: Dear Introverts, Don’t Do THIS
Feb 12, 2024
265: If it ain’t broken…
Jan 29, 2024
264: Side dishes of yuck on life’s buffet
Jan 22, 2024
263: You are what you repeat
Jan 15, 2024
262: Easier isn’t always better
Jan 08, 2024
261: the ONE thing you need for success this year
Jan 01, 2024
260: The ONE THING to remember for holiday gatherings
Dec 18, 2023
259: Christmas is (still) magical
Dec 11, 2023
258: Christmas is not the season of giving
Dec 04, 2023
257 You Don’t Even Know What You Have
Nov 21, 2023
256: Take on the skills that suck
Nov 14, 2023
255: Reminders We ALL Need to Help Save Money On Food
Nov 06, 2023
254: The Monetization of Everything
Oct 30, 2023
253: What if you have enough?
Oct 24, 2023
252: A quiet revolution
Oct 09, 2023
251: Waiting on a cup of coffee
Oct 02, 2023
250: A New House
Aug 14, 2023
249: You Are Your Solution
Aug 07, 2023
248: Take Care of What is Yours
Jul 31, 2023
247: You Can’t Find Yourself
Jul 24, 2023
246: The illusion of control
Jul 17, 2023
245: Calling all Lifesteaders
Jul 03, 2023
244: The thing about time
Jun 06, 2023
243: Make it a masterpiece
May 22, 2023
242: The benefit of first impressions
May 11, 2023
241: Why do you do it?
May 03, 2023
240: Maybe you’re not a homesteader
Apr 26, 2023
239: Today is your BIRTH day
Apr 21, 2023
Spicy Sisters 004 with Nicole Sauce
Apr 13, 2023
238: What your social media post does and doesn’t do
Apr 12, 2023
237: 5 Ways High School Prepared Us for the Real World
Apr 05, 2023
236: None of Us Are Self-Sufficient
Mar 22, 2023
235: Productive Homestead Planning
Mar 15, 2023
234: A Farmish Take on Food Rules
Mar 08, 2023
233: The Things We Need to Admit
Mar 01, 2023
232: Sprouting seeds for chickens
Feb 22, 2023
231: Count cash, not carbs
Feb 15, 2023
230: Adventures and Mistakes in Hydroponic Gardening
Feb 08, 2023
229: A rekindling of family
Feb 01, 2023
228: How we lost big family gatherings
Jan 25, 2023
227: Homesteaders, it’s okay to splurge
Jan 18, 2023
226: Don’t get distracted by the why
Jan 10, 2023
225: My Big Question for the New Year
Dec 27, 2022
224: Have yourself a ranty little Christmas
Dec 20, 2022
223: That Time I Ran Away From Home
Dec 13, 2022
222: Preparing for real life, not the apocalypse
Dec 07, 2022
221: We like what we like and that makes life tricky
Nov 29, 2022
220: I’m Not Ma Ingalls. Neither Are You.
Nov 15, 2022
219: You CAN talk about both
Nov 08, 2022
218: Priorities Change. And That’s Ok.
Nov 01, 2022
217: You Can’t Control How People React
Oct 18, 2022
216: Your Perspective is Subjective
Oct 11, 2022
215: Three Things Learned From Three Months Away
Oct 04, 2022
214: A Bump in the Road
Jul 05, 2022
213: A Toad Helped Me Figure It Out
Jun 21, 2022
212: Be Your Own Kind of Homesteader
Jun 14, 2022
211: Brutally honest and maybe backwards
Jun 07, 2022
RP 005: Time Management Tips for Your Homestead
May 26, 2022
RP 004: A Modern Problem with the Simple Life
May 24, 2022
210: Helping Homesteaders by Farm Hopping
May 19, 2022
209: Looking for Work and What Needs to Be Done
May 17, 2022
Spicy Sisters 003 with Nicole Sauce
May 15, 2022
208: On Creativity, Music, and Life
May 12, 2022
207: 9 Takeaways from LFTN Spring Workshop 2022
May 10, 2022
Farmish Chat 008: Trees, Bad Eggs, and Your People
May 07, 2022
206: Cooking Tips You Need to Hear
May 05, 2022
RP 003: Open Your Eyes. Prepare Accordingly.
May 03, 2022
RP 002: Hard Times Teach Big Lessons
Apr 28, 2022
RP 001: Should You Raise and Grow Your Own Food?
Apr 26, 2022
Spicy Sisters 002 with Nicole Sauce
Apr 24, 2022
Farmish Chat 007: hydro lettuce, wisdom, and excitement
Apr 23, 2022
205: Personality matters
Apr 21, 2022
204: Pay Attention
Apr 19, 2022
Farmish Chat 006: farm journals and a pretty mouth
Apr 16, 2022
203: Garden Therapy
Apr 14, 2022
202: You Can Only Do So Much
Apr 12, 2022
Farmish Chat 005: seed math and an internetty internet
Apr 09, 2022
201: LIVE until you die
Apr 07, 2022
200: It’s a Celebration! Thank YOU.
Apr 05, 2022
Farmish Chat 004: burritos, ma nature, gardening
Apr 02, 2022
199: Getting Started in Ham Radio
Mar 31, 2022
198: All About Chickens
Mar 29, 2022
Farmish Chat 003: Blue Hair, the Gym, Real Food
Mar 26, 2022
Farmish, Furious, and Free Replay
Mar 25, 2022
197: What actually makes you a homesteader?
Mar 24, 2022
196: Gettin’ real about judgment
Mar 22, 2022
Spicy Sisters 001 with Nicole Sauce
Mar 20, 2022
Farmish Chat 002: Aldi, Garden Plans, and Date Nights
Mar 19, 2022
195: It’s Not About Luck
Mar 17, 2022
194: 9 Things to Consider Before Adding More Animals
Mar 15, 2022
Farmish Chat 001: Grilled Cheese, Motorcycles, and Raw Tomatoes
Mar 12, 2022
193: Building Community with Kerry Brown
Mar 10, 2022
192: Does Prepping Make You a Target?
Mar 08, 2022
191: Homesteading is not what you expect
Mar 03, 2022
190: Does Sharing Your Self Reliance Success Equal Showing Off?
Mar 01, 2022
189: Farmers Markets and What you Should Know
Feb 24, 2022
188: At War with Rats on the Homestead
Feb 22, 2022
187: Raising Meat Rabbits
Feb 17, 2022
186: It’s Time to Do Something Else
Feb 15, 2022
185: Moving to the Country, Lessons Learned
Feb 10, 2022
184: Shut out the world and make a peaceful home
Feb 08, 2022
183: Dealing with Negativity While Taking the Road Less Traveled
Feb 03, 2022
182: It’s tricky: creating and consuming content in today’s world
Feb 01, 2022
181: Making Goals, Changing Goals
Jan 25, 2022
180: Want freedom? Avoid these two traps…
Jan 18, 2022
179: Work from home: pros, cons, and tips
Jan 11, 2022
178: 30 days to organize yo’ stuff
Jan 04, 2022
177: Focus for a new year
Dec 28, 2021
176: 10+ Lessons from 10 Years on the Homestead
Dec 21, 2021
175: What are you doing with your anger?
Dec 14, 2021
174: We Choose Our Problems
Dec 07, 2021
173: The line between hope and reality
Nov 30, 2021
172: This is Not About “Them”
Nov 23, 2021
171: Why I don’t think we should go “back to normal”
Nov 16, 2021
170: Know Your Neighbors
Nov 09, 2021
169: Find the Path
Nov 05, 2021
168: Many hands make light work
Oct 27, 2021
167: My (rational) approach for how to start prepping
Oct 05, 2021
166: The SHTF Thing We’re Not Talking About
Sep 28, 2021
165: Put Your Ego Away
Sep 14, 2021
164: Build an In-Person Community
Sep 07, 2021
163: 9 Tips for Taking Care of the Homestead When You’re Sick
Aug 31, 2021
162: Why it’s more important than ever to take care of yourself
Aug 23, 2021
161: 5 Uncomfortable Points to Consider
Aug 10, 2021
Nobody wants to work? It’s more than that.
Aug 03, 2021
159: The Truth about Growing Your Own Food
Jul 20, 2021
158: Mouth Noises and Pathetic Plants: Two Random Lessons from the Homestead
Jul 13, 2021
157: Stages of Homesteading
Jun 29, 2021
156: Why We No Longer Raise Goats
Jun 22, 2021
155: Don’t Get Stuck
Jun 15, 2021
154: Now I Get It
Jun 10, 2021
153: Today Will Someday be the Past
Jun 08, 2021
152: 5 Things We Can Learn from Dogs
Jun 03, 2021
151: The REAL reason to take care of your yourself
Jun 01, 2021
150: Be Teachable
May 27, 2021
149: The Importance of Unlearning
May 25, 2021
148: YouTube, Odysee, and Tiktok – The 4 week experiment
May 20, 2021
147: But what’s your actual goal?
May 17, 2021
146: Alternative Social Media Sites – 8 Things to Understand
May 12, 2021
145: Get started with raising turkeys
May 10, 2021
144: Assumptions – What Do You REALLY Know?
May 07, 2021
143: Normal life in the real world
May 05, 2021
142: Nature vs. Nurture… as adults
May 03, 2021
141: The secret to personal growth
Apr 30, 2021
140: What is the right work for you?
Apr 28, 2021
139: Starting Seeds – 11 Things I’ve Learned
Apr 26, 2021
138: “Your Homeschooled Kids Will Never Get Into College”
Apr 23, 2021
137: Supporting you… or your cause?
Apr 21, 2021
136: My biggest fear as a homesteader content creator
Apr 19, 2021
135: Learn to look up from your weather app: a metaphor
Apr 16, 2021
134: Teach People… Without Being a Jerk
Apr 14, 2021
133: How (Time) Scarcity Mindset Screws You Up
Apr 12, 2021
132: Don’t be afraid to grow up
Apr 09, 2021
131: Why we can’t have nice things
Apr 07, 2021
130: Be involved in your life
Apr 05, 2021
129: The problem with choice and opinion (itty bitty thought)
Apr 02, 2021
128: The big secret about parenting (itty bitty thought)
Mar 31, 2021
127: Participation is optional
Mar 29, 2021
126: a weird thing we all do (itty bitty thoughts)
Mar 26, 2021
125: a peg in many holes (itty bitty thought)
Mar 24, 2021
124: a different kind of spring cleaning
Mar 22, 2021
123: RAQ #9 – self reliant “enough”, homeschooling, homesteading books, frozen eggs, self-publishing
Feb 22, 2021
122: Love in real life
Feb 15, 2021
121: it’s not just you
Feb 08, 2021
120: RAQ #8 – who should cook dinner, the future, death on the homestead, competitive frugal living, and buying baby chicks
Jan 25, 2021
119: Three Things We Need Right Now
Jan 18, 2021
118: RAQ #7 – missing the city, working fulltime, too many roos, meat bird terms, life is nuts
Jan 11, 2021
117: 25+ tips to help you get through winter
Jan 04, 2021
116: The 7 Gifts You Forgot
Dec 22, 2020
115: Sometimes you have to wait
Nov 30, 2020
114: I Worry and I Forget
Nov 23, 2020
113: And I Hope
Nov 09, 2020
112: The Chickens Still Need to Be Fed
Nov 02, 2020
111: RAQ #6 – feeder pigs, ghost stories, kid chores, teaching butchering, and Facebook
Oct 26, 2020
110: NaNoWriMo
Oct 19, 2020
109: lessons, tiny farms, and other stuff
Oct 05, 2020
108: RAQ #5 – homesteading skills, family issues, snow removal, leaving Facebook, and crocheting
Sep 28, 2020
107: Deep Thoughts from the Woods
Sep 21, 2020
106: If I May Speak Freely: Freedom of Speech
Sep 07, 2020
105: Build the Life You Want by Saying No
Aug 31, 2020
104: RAQ #4 – podcasts, multi-generational living, friends, quitting, and Ruth Stout
Aug 24, 2020
103: How to Have an Actual Conversation
Aug 18, 2020
102: What are YOU going to do about it?
Aug 10, 2020
101: RAQ #3: packaging chicken, the gym vs. the farm, homeschooling, state of the world, nails
Aug 03, 2020
100: Safety Tips for the Homestead and Beyond
Jul 27, 2020
99: Being a Gray Man: What it is, Why it Matters
Jul 20, 2020
98: You Can Be Both
Jul 13, 2020
97: RAQs #2 – meat birds, keeping up, firearms, turkeys, guilty pleasures
Jun 29, 2020
96: Eat The Cake While You Can Still Taste It
Jun 22, 2020
95: The truth about tribes, support systems, and friends
Jun 15, 2020
94: RAQs #1 — Sunburn, skirts, roosters, preserving, and vegan friends
Jun 08, 2020
93: Okay, Now What? (Keep Going)
Jun 01, 2020
92: Everyone’s normal is different
May 25, 2020
91: When it’s time to dig, dig deep.
May 18, 2020
90: when it all makes you mad, who really is in charge?
Apr 15, 2020
89: Is it really worth it to raise and grow your own food?
Apr 13, 2020
88: “When You Just Want to Sit in Your Barn and Drink Beer”
Apr 08, 2020
87: A Homesteader’s Response to Everyone’s Sudden Interest in Homesteading
Apr 01, 2020
86: When everyone needs help, take care of yourself first
Mar 30, 2020
85: 5 Common Mistakes When Choosing Egg Bird Breeds
Mar 25, 2020
84: 10 Lessons You Can Learn in Times of Crisis
Mar 23, 2020
83: 9 ways to use technology to ward off isolation
Mar 20, 2020
82: Keeping a Pantry Journal Helps you Prepare for Emergencies
Mar 18, 2020
81: DIY your Pantry with Kris Bordessa
Mar 16, 2020
80: 5 Reasons Homesteaders Need to Be Brave
Mar 09, 2020
How to Brine and Smoke a Chicken
Mar 02, 2020
9 Lists You Need for Homestead Organization
Feb 17, 2020
77: Because winter is hard (mental health for homesteaders)
Feb 10, 2020
76: Starting Over on the Homestead
Feb 03, 2020
How to make homemade bacon
Jan 26, 2020
74: Use less stuff – how to do it, why it’s hard
Jan 20, 2020
73: Homemade Chicken Broth — it’s easier than you think!
Jan 06, 2020
72: Homestead Goal Setting – The 3 Stages
Dec 30, 2019
71: Christmas Traditions – a celebration of ideas
Dec 21, 2019
70: Homesteading with kids can be tricky – do it anyway (with Teri Page)
Dec 16, 2019
069: The homesteader label – how it helps, how it doesn’t
Dec 05, 2019
068: How to Grow a Year’s Worth of Food (with Melissa K Norris)
Nov 25, 2019
067: Butcher Your Own Meat: 7 Reasons Why
Nov 19, 2019
066: Christmas Gift Giving Challenge
Nov 05, 2019
065: 25+ Myths about Life on a Homestead
Oct 28, 2019
064: Homestead Decluttering — the why and how
Oct 21, 2019
063: The One Thing that Hurts the Homesteading Community Most
Oct 07, 2019
Good Year, Bad Year: Homestead Failure
Sep 23, 2019
061: Time Management for Smart Homesteaders
Sep 09, 2019
060: Homesteading time assessment
Sep 02, 2019
059: Homeschooling – Our Journey with Self Reliant Education
Aug 26, 2019
058: Smart Homesteaders Pay Attention…and Prepare Accordingly
Aug 19, 2019
Feeding Cornish Cross Chickens: How Much Should They Eat?
Aug 12, 2019
Chicken Butchering Set Up: 7 Things You Need
Aug 05, 2019
055: Smart Homesteaders Fix the Problem
Jul 16, 2019
Episode 54: Smart Homesteaders Keep Learning
Jul 08, 2019
Why We Started Homesteading: Episode 53
Jul 02, 2019
The Handwritten Letter: 4 Reasons We Need to Bring it Back
Jun 17, 2019