5 Acres & A Dream The Book: The Challenges of Establishing a Self-Sufficient Homestead
Leigh Tate and her husband Dan are an empty nest couple who  homestead  five acres in the foothills of the Southern Appalachians. Their vision is to become as self-sustaining as possible by stewarding their land, animals, and resources. Leigh's homesteading activities include gardening, food preservation,  foraging,  raising goats, chickens, and guinea fowl, herbs, cheese making, permaculture landscaping, spinning, weaving, knitting, sewing, quilting, natural dying, soapmaking, wood cookstove cookery, and renovating their old 1920s farmhouse.