The old ways
remembered.
"You don't need forty acres.
You need the first step."
Practical wisdom on raising chickens, preserving harvests, and weaning a household off the grocery supply chain — one season at a time.
Find Your Starting Point
"I started Hearth after our power went out for eleven days in 2022. We had a freezer full of food and no idea what to do with it. I never wanted to feel that helpless again."
"This letter is what I wish I'd had — not a fantasy about leaving civilization, but a practical guide to being less dependent on systems you didn't build and can't control."
What changes when you
read every week.
Know what to plant and when.
You'll understand your USDA zone, read a seed catalog without confusion, start a kitchen compost that doesn't smell, and have something alive and growing on your windowsill.
"I grew my first head of lettuce in a milk crate on a Brooklyn fire escape. The Hearth letter told me exactly which variety, exactly when, exactly how."
— Priya M., apartment grower, Brooklyn NY
Preserve your first harvest.
Water-bath canning, lacto-fermentation, cold storage basics — you'll put up food for winter and feel the quiet satisfaction of a pantry shelf you filled yourself.
"Forty-three jars of tomatoes from our backyard. I cried a little. The Hearth canning guide walked me through every single step."
— Marcus & Teri, suburban backyard, Columbus OH
Reduce your grocery dependence by 30%.
A functional kitchen garden, a root cellar or cold room, a flock of 3–5 hens, and a household that buys less because it grows and preserves more. This is the threshold where it becomes a way of life.
"Our grocery bill dropped $340 last November compared to the year before. We grew it, we preserved it, we ate it. That's the Hearth method."
— Dan F., half-acre homestead, rural Vermont
Real knowledge,
given freely first.
Every issue teaches something you can use this week. No fluff, no affiliate links, no gear reviews.
Raising your first three hens in a 6×8 coop
Breed selection, predator-proofing, winter laying — the unglamorous truth about backyard chickens, and why you want them anyway.
Sauerkraut that actually works
Which seeds to save first
Building a root cellar from a $200 chest freezer
Tomato sauce in August
Find Your Homestead
Starting Point.
Five questions. Two minutes. A personalized newsletter track and a free PDF guide matched to exactly where you are right now.
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From fire escapes
to full acres.
"I live in a 700-square-foot apartment in Chicago. Hearth gave me a fire escape herb garden, a fermentation corner, and a reason to look forward to Thursdays."
Aisha Okonkwo
Apartment grower, Chicago IL
"We moved from Portland to a 2-acre property in rural Oregon with exactly zero farming knowledge. Hearth was the only thing that didn't make us feel stupid."
Ben & Rachel Sørensen
New homesteaders, Grants Pass OR
"The composting issue alone saved me $80 a month on soil amendments. The knowledge in this letter is worth ten times the price — which is nothing."
Tomás Rivera
Backyard grower, Albuquerque NM
"I'm a burned-out ER nurse. I started reading Hearth at 2am when I couldn't sleep. Now I have a small flock of four hens and I sleep fine."
Danielle Marchetti
Suburban homesteader, Nashville TN