Solutions for a Simpler Life

Informal interviews with homesteaders, cooks, gardeners and employees will help you take the next step on your journey to a simpler life.

  • 25 minutes 27 seconds
    The One Cow Revolution with Shawn and Beth Dougherty

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    Shawn and Beth Dougherty, of One Cow Revolution, have been farming together since the 1980’s,. They believe that a true farm is nearly or completely self-sustaining.  They manage 90 acres and are passionate about teaching others about time-honored ways of farming. Listen in to hear more about their remarkable life in farming.

    26 March 2025, 9:00 am
  • 28 minutes 51 seconds
    Living in Alaska with Tandy Holgate

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    Tandy Hogate is a homesteader, homemaker, homeschooling mama, and homebody. She and her husband own Common Ground Alaska, a Teaching Farm that Feeds Alaskans. Time with family and friends brings her the most joy, followed by food preservation and anything having to do with living off the land on her homestead in Alaska.

    12 March 2025, 12:00 pm
  • 23 minutes 30 seconds
    Non-Electric with Patrice Lewis

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    Join us in talking to one of our frequent bloggers and delightful homesteaders as she talks about delving into everything non-electric! 

    22 January 2025, 10:00 am
  • 36 seconds
    Thank You For a Wonderful Year

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    We want to thank you for a wonderful 2024 season of Solutions For A Simpler Life. Join us for the 2025 season for the Lehman's 70th anniversary! We will learn from even more experts on our journey to a simpler life.

    18 December 2024, 10:00 am
  • 23 minutes 1 second
    Fermenting Favorites with Kirsten Shockey

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    Learn all about what it takes to ferment your favorite foods for long lasting goodness and gut health. Also, did you know beavers are super friendly? Tune in to Kirsten Shockey's interesting family and homesteading life on this week's episode of Solutions for a Simpler Life.

    4 December 2024, 10:00 am
  • 20 minutes 44 seconds
    Modern Pioneering with Cyndi Ball

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    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.

    25 September 2024, 9:00 am
  • 14 minutes 22 seconds
    Homesteading in the City with Andrew Seegars

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    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!

    11 September 2024, 11:00 am
  • 23 minutes 23 seconds
    Ernie Hershberger; Being true to his Amish faith in a Fast-paced Business World

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    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.  

    28 August 2024, 8:00 am
  • 22 minutes 24 seconds
    Farming Tradition with Rex and Ryan Tietje

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    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.

    13 August 2024, 9:00 am
  • 19 minutes 20 seconds
    The Road Less Traveled with Nate Petroski

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    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!

    30 July 2024, 9:00 am
  • 21 minutes 24 seconds
    Love Language of the South with Stacy Lyn Harris

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    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!

    16 July 2024, 9:00 am
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