Show Notes
In Episode #28 of The Coop, Anna sits down with Larry Littrell … urban homesteader, specialized real estate agent, and author of Fresh Starts Old Roots. They have an important conversation about one of the biggest decisions many homesteaders face: whether to stay, move, buy, or sell.
Larry brings a rare dual perspective. He lives the lifestyle on a third of an acre while helping families find (or sell) properties that actually work for producing food, raising animals, and building a life of greater self-reliance.
He walks through the practical realities that set homestead real estate apart from ordinary home sales … water access, soil, sun exposure, existing infrastructure, zoning, and the often-overlooked covenants that can quietly restrict livestock or gardens.
He also speaks honestly about the emotional side. Leaving a place you’ve poured years into can feel like abandoning a legacy. Larry offers a different lens: sometimes the next chapter of your legacy is simply passing the work on to someone who will love it. At the same time, he encourages people not to wait for the “perfect” property before beginning. Bloom where you’re planted (build the beds, plant the trees, learn the skills) because those lessons travel with you. Whether you’re dreaming of your first piece of land, considering a downsize, or wondering if your current quarter-acre is enough, this episode of The Coop delivers clear-eyed advice and quiet permission to make the decision that fits your season of life.
More from The Coop
John Bush has spent years teaching people how to move toward greater freedom and autonomy through his work with Live Free Academy and the Exit and Build program.
Rory Groves has spent fourteen years on a southern Minnesota homestead building a practice of resilience. He’s made his mark asking questions like “How do you build a life that still stands if the job, the market, or the news goes sideways?”
Episode #30 of The Coop is for anyone standing at the edge of a bigger life … and wondering if they have to leap overnight. Homestead Living Editor-in-Chief Anna Sakawsky sat down with Jason Contreras (Homestead Living contributor and the voice behind Sow the Land) to talk about the long road from a standard modern life outside Los Angeles to a working homestead in North Carolina.
In Episode #29 of The Coop, Anna sits down with Anne Briggs (Anne of All Trades … homesteader, woodworker, teacher, and Homestead Living contributor) for an honest conversation about getting things done when your brain, your time, and the farm all pull in different directions.
In this solo episode of The Coop, Homestead Living Editor-in-Chief Anna Sakawsky reflects on more than ten years of living this homesteading life and shares the 10 biggest lessons it has taught her. Rather than focusing only on practical skills, Anna digs into the deeper truths that shape a sustainable, meaningful homesteading journey: why mindset matters more than acreage, why starting before you’re ready is essential, and why perfection is never the goal. She talks about the dangers of taking on too much too soon, the value of treating “failures” as lessons, the myth of complete self-sufficiency, and the quiet power of regularly checking your actions against your real priorities.