The care for the environment is gaining momentum and people are more conscious about the well being of their life. Individuals attention is more centered and are more interested in living a self-sufficient lifestyle than ever before, the dream of individuals growing their own food is gradually growing. Homesteading is a broad term that can mean different to different people, but not all homesteaders share the same values or beliefs, The notion of most homesteaders are self-sufficiency. Some of the examples of homesteading includes raising your own livestock, saving seed to grow your own heirloom vegetables year after year, creating and repairing your own clothing and textiles. Urban homesteaders will start by planting a large vegetable garden to grow most of their food and perhaps look into producing alternative energy with things like solar panels. When thinking of homesteading land is a very important consideration, but we must think deep that as far as permaculture homesteading is concern one do not necessarily need a very big land but it can be started on a very small scale even in the city before you can expand it by buying acres of land. In any permaculture homesteading practices water is something that need to be taken into consideration because water can make or break any agricultural undertaking and is very significant in permaculture homesteading when the idea is placed on self-reliance.

Homesteading can also be a source of getting money for one own expenses when the right strategy is being adopted, for instance the growing of mushroom can be a very good source of income based on the choice of the mushroom to grow, you can harvest it in no time which will aid and support your financial position as a homesteader, many crops like microgreens can also be grow, which is very lucrative. Good homesteaders adopt a lifestyle that they manage their personal finance very well and do not spend like others do, even some can repair their own farming or garden inputs when it breaks down.