About
We empower you to search out alternative living situations which allow you to produce resilient food, water, shelter, and community systems without breaking the bank.
Hi! I’m Jen Nobel. Northbound Bloom was born from both experience and passion to help others navigate the complexities of homesteading without owning land. For six years, I consulted on and designed homesteads for others, while personally living in alternative living situations since 2020 which allowed my family to live a fulfilling life, without owning the land we were on.
The cost of land has skyrocketed. While trying to buy land in 2021, we quickly realized we would not be able to follow a traditional homesteading path.
After over a decade of studying, practicing, designing, and teaching permaculture and ecological homesteading, I knew that I was meant to live on the land. However, my family’s dreams of owning an acreage were altered when we realized the cost of land was out of our reach. We have spent the last 5 years navigating bylaws, regulations, building codes, and alternative living to find ways to make this lifestyle achievable and the result has been nothing short of fulfilling.
We hit many bumps on the way and had concerns around investing money into land we didn’t own. However, years later, we have found ways to make this work and which have allowed us to live our homesteading dreams without buying our own land.
