156 episodes

The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple life, living our life debt free. We are reaching our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements to our everyday life.

Working hard, living simply, and enjoying life!

Visit us at https://linktr.ee/thecannycouple or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruralreliance/support

Rural Reliance with The Canny Couple The Canny Couple

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The Canny Couple, Aaron and Julia, are a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple life, living our life debt free. We are reaching our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements to our everyday life.

Working hard, living simply, and enjoying life!

Visit us at https://linktr.ee/thecannycouple or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruralreliance/support

    Episode 96 - Long Term vs Short Term Homesteading

    Episode 96 - Long Term vs Short Term Homesteading

    Why look at tomorrow when your are so busy today? Aaron and Julia discuss their approach to looking at how their homestead will run in 5, 10, 30 years from now.

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    The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple, debt-free life. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.

    We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.

    Visit us at https://linktr.ee/thecannycouple or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com



    The Canny Couple

    PO Box 464

    Duffield, VA 24244


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    • 32 min
    Episode 60: Farm Wife, Sexy Life - Embracing Your Non-Aesthetic Homestead

    Episode 60: Farm Wife, Sexy Life - Embracing Your Non-Aesthetic Homestead

    Today's homestead is nothing like our grandparents and the need to compare your homestead with those you see everyday can feel overwhelming. Over the years, Julia has learned to tune out the noise and embrace what she has, making the most of each day.

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    The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple, debt-free life. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.

    We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.

    Visit us at https://linktr.ee/thecannycouple or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com



    The Canny Couple

    PO Box 464

    Duffield, VA 24244




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    • 22 min
    Episode 95 - Embracing Delayed Gratification on the Homestead

    Episode 95 - Embracing Delayed Gratification on the Homestead

    On this week's episode, Aaron and Julia discuss how delayed gratification is a benefit to your homesteading goals and dreams. The "want it now" mentality is not always the best approach to achieving your goals.

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    The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple, debt-free life. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.

    We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.

    Visit us at https://linktr.ee/thecannycouple or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com



    The Canny Couple

    PO Box 464

    Duffield, VA 24244




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    • 37 min
    Episode 59: Farm Wife, Sexy Life - My Struggles of Being a Homesteading Stay at Home Mom

    Episode 59: Farm Wife, Sexy Life - My Struggles of Being a Homesteading Stay at Home Mom

    What sort of struggles do you face on your homestead and your journey through motherhood? Julia shares here personal difficulties in this time in her life, building up the family homestead, working on building a business, and making family her top priority.

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    The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple, debt-free life. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.

    We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.

    Visit us at https://linktr.ee/thecannycouple or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com



    The Canny Couple

    PO Box 464

    Duffield, VA 24244




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    • 21 min
    Episode 94 - Finding Holes in Your Homestead Preps

    Episode 94 - Finding Holes in Your Homestead Preps

    How good are your homestead systems? Aaron and Julia have some basic tools they use to continuously improve their homestead systems, creating a more successful homestead in the long run.

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    The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple, debt-free life. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.

    We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.

    Visit us at https://linktr.ee/thecannycouple or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com



    The Canny Couple

    PO Box 464

    Duffield, VA 24244




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    • 30 min
    Episode 58: Farm Wife, Sexy Life - Avoiding the Pressures of Fads

    Episode 58: Farm Wife, Sexy Life - Avoiding the Pressures of Fads

    How do you stop the pressures to influence how you take care of your family or how to spend your hard earned dollars? Julia shares the principles that guide her to maintain her family goals.

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    The Canny Couple is a small homestead family in rural Southwest Virginia. We work every day on being more self-reliant by living a frugal homestead lifestyle. We live a simple, debt-free life. We hope to achieve our goal of self-sufficiency by reducing our costs, merging frugality, homesteading, traditional skills, and modern enhancements into our everyday life.

    We hope you will join us as we continue to forge our homestead, where we work hard, live simple and enjoy life.

    Visit us at https://linktr.ee/thecannycouple or email us with questions/suggestions at thecannycouple@yahoo.com



    The Canny Couple

    PO Box 464

    Duffield, VA 24244




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    • 22 min

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