Homesteading the well-laid plan
I never planned to be a homesteader, it just happened and so I have been trying to make the best of it ever since. Along the way I have learned some very interesting things, but I would have to say that the most important thing that I have learned is to have a well-laid plan and stick to it. For you will save allot time, money and grief as you begin your homesteading adventurer. Now that winter is fast approaching and the time for outside work is just about over, I find myself looking at adding on to our house over the winter. This is something that a well-laid plan might have avoided, for it will be a challenge to say the least.
Over the winter I plan to write a serious of posts on setting out a well-laid plan and things that I have learned, in hopes that someone might be helped by some of my mistakes. But for now its back to the grindstone to get a few more things done before the ground freezes as hard as a rock.
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October 9th, 2008 at 5:23 pm
Hello, I found your blog through Entrecard. I’ve been reading your wife’s blog for a few weeks now but didn’t realize SHE was YOUR wife until I saw her on your August top-droppers list. What happened in September? Just kidding!
I’m enjoying your blog. We used to ‘homestead’ on almost three acres but now we’re suburbians with just a yard. We did grow carrots, potatoes, and corn anyway!
October 12th, 2008 at 2:24 am
My husband recently added on to our house–an attached garage with a HUGE living room (great room, I suppose it should be called) above it. It has been a wonderful addition, especially since we have 5 young children!
I look forward to reading more! - Tracey
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October 15th, 2008 at 1:36 pm
My question how did you get to be a homesteader, I thought those days were long past….would love to find land here in WI, but haven’t a clue where to look.
October 15th, 2008 at 5:16 pm
In part you are right the days of homesteading is long gone, in Canada the last land to be homesteaded was in the 1960’s. But there is a new movement afoot that calls itself homesteading, and I full into this movement. But to be honest we are just people that have decided to leave the city and find a little piece of raw land in the country and live a simpler life and be as self-sufficient as we can be. Modern day homesteaders come in all forms and some even homestead in the city. So how I came to be a homesteader I wanted a much simpler life style and I really wanted to be with my wife and children everyday, I believe you can either make money and pay someone to provide the things you need to live with or you can provide for yourself. The nice thing with providing for yourself is you can teach your children and be with them, our life is very much about living together and learning as we go, we love it and would never live any other way.