The Ample Flame Podcast

Loss of Craftsmanship

The cultural glorification of convenience has led to the near extinction of craftsmanship. Our society no longer values high-quality, long-lasting goods because they cost

Time Management

As a full-time entrepreneurial family who is homesteading and homeschooling and managing a full life, we have many demands on our time. We have the autonomy to manage our

Homestead Updates

After a busy season on the home front, we are sitting down to share a few personal updates. We are nearing completion on our debt-free DIY home addition, and we have been

Tightening the Budget

Money is tight for almost everyone right now, and it's not always clear what to trim first. In this episode we walk through how we prioritize shelter, food, and clothing

Snacks from Scratch

In the years we have spent overhauling our family's diet, we have had to change our mindset about snacking. While we rely much less on snack foods now, there are times wh

The Food Budget

For years, we kept running out of certain cuts of meat between processing days, while other cuts went bad in the freezer before we ever got around to eating them. In this

Finding the Balance

How do we balance the demands of homesteading, homeschooling, entrepreneurship, etc. without losing sight of the reason we are doing all of this? In this episode, we are

Practical Management

In homesteading circles, it is common to think that owning more land is always better. Join us for this discussion on why we "settled" for less acreage than we originally

Accuracy Comes Through Repetition

The more times we do something, the better at it we become. The pathways that form in our brains every time we repeat a motion, activity, or a task are slowly built like

Rebuilding the Family

The way family life plays out in our modern world is vastly different from generations past. We do not believe families were designed to live daily life separately: fathe

Relearning Forgotten Skills

The hard-won wisdom of farmers in previous generations is quickly disappearing in our modern world. Today’s farms often operate more like mining operations, extracting ma

The Lies of Environmentalism

We're pulling back the curtain on the greenwashing taking place all around us. What happens when "clean" brands are bought out by major corporations? Do you know where yo

Detoxing with Food

When we first experienced the powerful effects of detoxing through diet, we knew we could never go back to eating the way we always had. Join us for this conversation abo

Suburban Mindset and Being Lazy

Until we moved out to seven acres in the country, we did not realize how pervasively our mindsets had been shaped by the decades we spent in suburbia. In this conversatio

Intentional Content Consumption

When we began to notice our kids' behavior shifting after consuming certain types of media, we knew we had to make some changes. In this conversation, we are discussing o

Living Tiny with a Big Family

In a society that continually tells us to strive for ever-increasing material gain, we have embraced a different way of life. Choosing to live intentionally small with a

Looking to the Future

Our initial journey into homesteading was based in a desire to change the way we were currently living. Over time, we have begun to look further into the future of our ho

Meal Planning for a Year

Since we have been on a years-long journey of producing our own food, we have learned how much intentionality is required to live this way. When you can't run to the groc

You Are What You Eat

When our eyes were opened to the pervasive problems in our modern food system — factory-farmed meat, chemical-laden produce, unnatural preservatives and additives — we co

Owning the Hard Decisions

Living an intentional lifestyle brings profound blessings, but it is not without challenges. In this conversation, we are taking an honest look at what it means to take r