Aaron and Julia examine how being self-reliant is a major aspect of their frugality principles. Being frugal is more than just saving money on the homestead and being self-sufficient can greatly increase your chances of a successful thrifty lifestyle. ************* 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 life, working toward debt free living. 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