Tessa Zundel is the author of The Do It Yourself Homestead and the voice behind the blog Homestead Lady . She's also the blessed homemaking, homeschooling, homesteading mother of five and the wife of one long-suffering man. She lives on a 20-acre homestead in rural Missouri full of secret forests and hidden ponds that her family lovingly named Winterpast Farm. Follow her on Pinterest: www.pinterest.com/homesteadlady