Kaylee Vaughn

Backyard Farmer and Fulltime Recreation Analyst

Nampa, Idaho

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About Your Homestead:

Zenstead Farms is a small 0.8 acre suburban homestead, where we combine the best of urban and rural living! We are a short walk/bike ride away from the bustling downtown district, but the busy city life feels a thousand miles away when we are home! We have eleven chickens (and counting!) along with eight goats (Nigerian dwarf and mini-LaManchas), which supply us with fresh eggs and milk. We have 1,000+ square feet of raised garden beds where we grow seasonal veggies, medicinal herbs and flowers. We also have apple, plum, apricot, mulberry and paw paw trees.

About Kaylee:

I believe that small homesteads can be mighty! We live on a 0.8 acre homestead, nestled among suburban communities, but that doesn't stop us from achieving our homestead goals! We raise goats and chickens and have over 1,000+ square feet of raised garden beds. I love to test the limits of what can be managed and produced on a small scale property while sharing what I learn along the way!

 
Major Purchases, Real Estate

What to Consider Before Buying a Fixer-Up Property


A fixer-up property might be the perfect place to build your homestead! Learn about the advantages, what to consider before purchasing, and our experiences renovating our fixer-up homestead property! A fixer-up homestead is a property that has existing infrastructure but requires a good degree of work to make it livable and productive. These properties are […]

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Day-to-Day, Forms and Tools, Living the Life

How to Set Better Homestead Goals + Free Planning Worksheet


Creating homestead goals can quickly turn into an overwhelming list of projects! But there’s a better way to set goals that will be realistic and achievable! Use this three-step process and free planning worksheet to plan your homestead goals for the new year!   Raise your hand if you set yearly goals for your homestead. […]

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Finding Your Niche, Market Yourself

How to Define your Ideal Customer: Part Two


How to Define your Ideal Customer: Part Two Use our free 3-page worksheet to better understand who your ideal customer is! In my last post, I discussed why it’s so important to know who your ideal customer is. Understanding who they are will allow you to: Stand out in a crowd because your product/service was […]

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Finding Your Niche, Market Yourself

How to Define your Ideal Customer: Part One


How to Define your Ideal Customer: Part One Defining your ideal customer can transform your homestead business and supply you with a steady stream of happy customers! Whether you provide a homestead service, have an agritourism operation, manage a market farm, or operate a small handmade business, we all have one thing in common: customers. […]

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Featured, Fine Print, Getting Started

How to Use a Product Pricing Worksheet


How to Use a Product Pricing Worksheet for Handmade & Value-Added Products   For many of us homestead entrepreneurs, creating handmade or value-added products is the easy part. The hard part comes after creation, when we have to price and market our goods for sale. Creating the product often comes as second nature (something we’ve […]

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