Solutions for a Simpler Life

Join us as we chat with Cyndi Ball founder of the National Ladies Homestead Gathering. Learn how Cyndi is a pioneer in her personal life and in the homesteading community. We think you’ll find her take on homesteading as fascinating as her journey to the world of being a homesteader. Listen in on this week’s episode of Solutions for a Simpler Life.

Andrew Seegars of CityboyFarming joins us to talk about what it’s like to have a small farm in the city of Detroit. Hear about his journey to the simpler life, the rewards and struggles of farming in a city landscape and how his family supports this lifestyle. Tune in!

From the small village of Mt. Hope, Ohio to the world-famous Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, quality furniture from Homestead Furniture is admired around the country.  Founded by local Amish man Ernie Hershberger, Homestead hand crafts heirloom furniture for families and businesses.  Listen as he explains how being Amish is a lifestyle based on faith, family and tradition without modern technology.  

We appreciate the farmers in this country and all that they do to help us feed our families. Brothers Rex and Ryan Tietje in Northeast Ohio are fifth generation farmers. They are part of a family of farmers taking care of many acres of land. Family time is of the utmost importance as they farm their way through all the long-standing traditions from farming to cooking and freezing corn. Listen in to these hard-working farmers.

Nate Petroski had a giant change in his lifestyle as he moved off grid in 2020.  Hear about him and his homestead (including the famous, Minion) as they journeyed to a simpler life on this week's episode of Solutions for a Simpler life!

Stacy Lyn Harris is back as a returning guest on Lehman's Simpler Life Podcast. She is a best-selling cookbook author, blogger, speaker, wife, and mother of seven children. We like to call her the diva of the dinner table and the princess of wild game cooking. Tune in to find out what she calls the love language of the south!

Tune in to hear one of our favorite guests and YouTube sensation, Kent Rollins and his lovely wife Shannon! He visits Lehman's every year and we love hearing his stories and learning all about the cowboy lifestyle. Learn more about his journey and cast iron cooking!

Hear from Miss Katie of Hertiage Ways. Learn how she's making traditions by including her family in her kitchen and the love she has for these skills like cooking and making homemade butter or yogurt.

We love working with Miss Katie and we can't wait for you to hear from her too!

Sarah Thrush of Peelies and Petals is with us to talk about all things canning! She has tips on how to get started, the range of experience from water bath to pressure canning and some fun ways her and her community partner together to create a sustainable life. Listen in!

Listen in with Carolyn Thomas of Homesteading Family on YouTube. Her and her husband raise 11 children together while also raising their own food and lifestyle. Learn how they balance quality time with their family with everyday chores like cooking meals from scratch! 

Note: This podcast was previously recorded. So, when “now” is referenced it is March of 2024.