Lodge cast iron provides an evenly heating cooking material.

My kids got me this adorable recipe binder for Christmas last year. I love how many recipe cards can fit in it, and it's so much easier to look through than a recipe box.

A good dehydrator gets so much use during harvest on the homestead. Excalibur is known as one of the best, most reliable dehydrators around.

Make composting easier by using this compost bin. It has a tight-fitting lid, to keep smells at a minimum.

Once you start raising a dairy animal, such as a cow, goat, or sheep, you'll want to make your own cheese. This cheese press is both gorgeous and well-built.

A quality knife is necessary when processing meat. Make sure your homestead friend has a knife that will stand up to the many tasks it needs to undertake on a homestead.

I use the heck out of my food strainer, making applesauce and tomato sauce each year. Roots and Branches was formerly named Victorio, which was a brand that has been around for decades and is known for it's high quality.

If your homesteader uses a food strainer often, a motor will be the perfect upgrade! No more hand cranking!

Fermentation is such a great way to preserve food, and also is fabulous for gut health!

Processing meat on the homestead will be so much easier with this heavy duty meat grinder and sausage stuffer.

A nice potting bench is so handy for starting seeds, and repotting plants!

I got a shelf like this over the winter to start seeds, along with the following grow lights and heat mats. It's a sturdy shelf, and perfect for loading on a bunch of seed starts!

In order to start seeds inside, a full spectrum grow light is essential.

Heating pads are necessary for starting seeds inside, since many seeds require warm soil to germinate.

I don't think you can ever have too many raised garden beds. There's always something more that can be planted in a garden bed!

If you're looking for a cheaper option, you can make your own raised garden beds, using these great corner brackets.

A harvest basket or garden hod makes harvesting the garden so much easier!

My friend Kerry got me a Japanese weeding sickle this year, and it has been so handy in the garden! Just be extremely careful using it, since it's extremely sharp!

If a medicinal garden is part of the homestead, an herb drying rack will be so useful!

A heavy duty wagon like this gets so much use at our house. We use ours to haul wood, bags of feed, straw and hay bales, and so much more.

Every homesteader needs a good chainsaw, and this one is a good all around model.

If you heat your homestead with a wood stove, having a way to circulate the heat. This fan uses radiant heat to turn the blades, allowing you to circulate the air and heat more efficiently without using electricity.

Heat water for tea on the wood stove with a cast iron teapot. This one is so pretty!

What homestead wouldn't enjoy having a beehive?

Harness the power of win and solar to dry clothes with a retractable clothesline!

Collect eggs in style with a cute egg apron!

Educational Board Game that Teaches 25 Medicinal Plants and Problem Solving Skills!