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VIRTUAL: Creating a Modern Homestead

with Homesteader and Blogger, Victoria Pruett

2026-01-26 19:00:00 2026-01-26 20:15:00 America/New_York VIRTUAL: Creating a Modern Homestead Blogger and author Victoria Pruett will walk us through various aspects of homesteading and her book, Creating a Modern Homestead: Traditional Skills for Real, Everyday Life. Virtual -

Monday, January 26
7:00pm - 8:15pm

Add to Calendar 2026-01-26 19:00:00 2026-01-26 20:15:00 America/New_York VIRTUAL: Creating a Modern Homestead Blogger and author Victoria Pruett will walk us through various aspects of homesteading and her book, Creating a Modern Homestead: Traditional Skills for Real, Everyday Life. Virtual -

Blogger and author Victoria Pruett will walk us through various aspects of homesteading and her book, Creating a Modern Homestead: Traditional Skills for Real, Everyday Life.

**PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A VIRTUAL PROGRAM THAT WILL TAKE PLACE VIA ZOOM. Registrants will receive a link to access the Zoom Webinar via email.**  

We're so excited to be chatting with modern day homesteader, blogger, and author Victoria Pruett about her book Creating a Modern Homestead: Traditional Skills for Real, Everyday Life! You all know that we are always trying to find ways to be more sustainable so Victoria will walk us through various aspects of homesteading - cooking from scratch, food preservation, backyard chickens, backyard gardening, natural pest control, etc. so you can get a broad overview of simple life changes that you could make to get closer to nature and less dependent on large, commercial organizations. Hopefully, you'll find a tidbit or two that you can practice in your daily life. 

RECORDING NOTE: This program will be recorded. All registrants will receive the recording via email within 48 hours of the program. 

Presented in partnership with the Ashland Public Library.

About the book:

As our modern lives demand more and more from us, many people long for a slower pace of life. While picking up and moving to the country may not be an option for everyone, it is possible to embrace simple living and more traditional skills no matter where you live. Learn the lost art of from-scratch cooking, practice food security by keeping a deep pantry, find out how easy it is to raise backyard chickens, experience the joy of growing your own food (even in a small space), and preserve your own harvest through a variety of methods.

For the last ten years, Victoria Pruett of A Modern Homestead has guided her readers through the process of discovering that they truly can incorporate traditional skills into their everyday routines while they also juggle work, children, and social lives. Though the idea of including traditional skills may conjure images of spending eight hours a day in the kitchen, nothing could be further from the truth. Instead, Victoria teaches you how to deepen your skillset and understanding of self-reliance and how to easily fit simple living into your life in a way that works for you.

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Virtual | History & Genealogy | Health and Wellness | Author event |

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Blogger and author Victoria Pruett will walk us through various aspects of homesteading and her book, Creating a Modern Homestead: Traditional Skills for Real, Everyday Life.
Register