Where have you been all my life!? Found you via a post someone linked you in, (homesteading/Permaculture type website) and I loved your article! I grew up a farmer's daughter, my Stepdad had everything but sheep and cattle and donkeys. & now that I have grown up, he no longer farms, so as I yearn for my childhood of horses, goats, chickens, etc, (& my saved from the stewpot chick I watched hatch, that later turned out to be a flogging rooster!) I more and more find myself wanting more and more of the life I grew up with. So I am learning how to do it all myself. Thank you for helping 😊
Great blog/stack/online journal etc. I am wondering the same thing at 63 since I inherited a piece of property I love but it is mostly shade due to the mature trees I am not about to cut down. I can do more with what I have, but at some point will run into the limits of the site. Not there yet, may never get there so going to think about that when the time comes. My community lacks a viable community garden spot. That would help add more space to my growing. We tried the local one but you can't keep your plot from year to year and it was so poorly managed we quit. It was no fun battling all the issues it had. I could probably find a friend who would loan out some space but since I haven't filled up mine yet, I'm OK with waiting.
Build raised beds out of pallet wood you got from the metalwork shop down the road. Feel a sense of pride because you're a novice at woodworking and the beds actually held together for multiple seasons. Fail to grow tomatoes for years only to suddenly succeed beyond your wildest dreams, then panic when you don't know how you're going to store 40 lbs of tomatoes. Attend county commissioners meeting to protest proposed ordinances intended to make a backyard flock impossible to keep legally. Discover there are actual hundreds of people in your area that share your views and lifestyle. Defy the ordinance anyway when it passes. Dream about starting a food forest on a half acre then dream of starting a food forest on 40 acres.
Wow! What a "Synopsis" of your experience. I'll tell you one thing, if the apocalypse or downfall of our society hits tomorrow, you're miles ahead of the rest of us in survival skills. Keep at it!
I love this post SO MUCH!! Open, humble, cheeky, informative... I had no idea those famous chicksaws were so costly. Figures, though. I still love your logo.
So many people are afraid to get started, but there is so much learning through failure. And then you find yourself doing things even months after starting that you never even thought about doing. And then I REALLY relate with the body's negative responses to the SAD and having to learn how to do things just so you feel like you can live and also afford it. Once you start it's an amazing perpetual growth machine!
That is the essence of magic. Imagine the outcome, set the intention, follow each step as it is revealed. You don't need to know how, just do. Study. Research. Be diligent. You will get there.
I love that you share the successes and the learning opportunities (there are no failures!) We are planning a container garden for spring now!!! We'll see how that goes and think about the next steps.
Where have you been all my life!? Found you via a post someone linked you in, (homesteading/Permaculture type website) and I loved your article! I grew up a farmer's daughter, my Stepdad had everything but sheep and cattle and donkeys. & now that I have grown up, he no longer farms, so as I yearn for my childhood of horses, goats, chickens, etc, (& my saved from the stewpot chick I watched hatch, that later turned out to be a flogging rooster!) I more and more find myself wanting more and more of the life I grew up with. So I am learning how to do it all myself. Thank you for helping 😊
Great blog/stack/online journal etc. I am wondering the same thing at 63 since I inherited a piece of property I love but it is mostly shade due to the mature trees I am not about to cut down. I can do more with what I have, but at some point will run into the limits of the site. Not there yet, may never get there so going to think about that when the time comes. My community lacks a viable community garden spot. That would help add more space to my growing. We tried the local one but you can't keep your plot from year to year and it was so poorly managed we quit. It was no fun battling all the issues it had. I could probably find a friend who would loan out some space but since I haven't filled up mine yet, I'm OK with waiting.
Build raised beds out of pallet wood you got from the metalwork shop down the road. Feel a sense of pride because you're a novice at woodworking and the beds actually held together for multiple seasons. Fail to grow tomatoes for years only to suddenly succeed beyond your wildest dreams, then panic when you don't know how you're going to store 40 lbs of tomatoes. Attend county commissioners meeting to protest proposed ordinances intended to make a backyard flock impossible to keep legally. Discover there are actual hundreds of people in your area that share your views and lifestyle. Defy the ordinance anyway when it passes. Dream about starting a food forest on a half acre then dream of starting a food forest on 40 acres.
This is so great and inspiring.
I love the honesty in all if this!!! Thus is the journey we all struggle through. It appears you are on your way. Lol. Great post.
Wow! What a "Synopsis" of your experience. I'll tell you one thing, if the apocalypse or downfall of our society hits tomorrow, you're miles ahead of the rest of us in survival skills. Keep at it!
I love this post SO MUCH!! Open, humble, cheeky, informative... I had no idea those famous chicksaws were so costly. Figures, though. I still love your logo.
So many people are afraid to get started, but there is so much learning through failure. And then you find yourself doing things even months after starting that you never even thought about doing. And then I REALLY relate with the body's negative responses to the SAD and having to learn how to do things just so you feel like you can live and also afford it. Once you start it's an amazing perpetual growth machine!
Pretty awesome lady, in my humble opinion.
I love the style of this post. Entertaining and really gives a sense of how your journey has unfolded.
Well said. Fun.
That is the essence of magic. Imagine the outcome, set the intention, follow each step as it is revealed. You don't need to know how, just do. Study. Research. Be diligent. You will get there.
I love that you share the successes and the learning opportunities (there are no failures!) We are planning a container garden for spring now!!! We'll see how that goes and think about the next steps.
Yep!