Welcome to our homestead!

Welcome to the Johnson Homestead! My name is Angela Johnson, and step one to building a homestead was finding my husband, Matthew. He is my partner as we journey through life together, checking things off our bucket list, traveling, experiencing new cultures and possibilities, and then returning to life in urban Salt Lake City.

I follow a lot of amazing homesteading blogs of people who have acres and acres of land. Many work part time jobs or have the ability to have one spouse stay home. We have neither. We live on .20 acres in Salt Lake City, where large plots of land are becoming increasingly rare and are very expensive. We will eventually buy more land, but we aren't going to wait around for that day; we're going to learn to use and cultivate the .20 acres that we have before we move to a larger plot.

Matt and I both work full-time jobs; I am an HR Supervisor and have my Master's Degree in Management and Human Resources. Matt is a student, about 6 months from graduating with his Bachelor's Degree in Psychology. He is currently working in a behavior health position for experience while he goes to school. We don't have kids yet, but we do have 2 dogs, a cat, and 8 chickens. We don't have large incomes, we don't have large plots of land, and we don't have a lot of homesteading experience. If you're in a similar situation, this is the blog for you!

Join us as we build our homestead, one project at a time (that usually has to wait for the weekend!). Our goals are to use every inch of our .20 acres to be as efficient as possible, to build skills that we'll be able to bring with us one day to a larger plot of land, and to learn to be more self-sufficient and leave less of an environmental footprint. We care about animal welfare and it matters to us where our food comes from. We also care about being prepared for the worst, being able to survive and thrive as independently as possible, honoring our heritage and learning skills our grandparents had, and fostering a relationship with nature and our land.