Where do I start?
So we're finally
moving to our little plot of land (an acre in suburbia) at the end of
the month. Now my head is spinning and I don't know where to start. Any
chance you'd do a lunch time series on where to start when you finally
get that homestead rolling?
--- Naomi
--- Naomi
That's
a wonderful question, Naomi! The truth is that when I bought our
farm, my head was in a similar state. As a result, it took us
years to actually move here. After that we wasted a lot of time
running around like chickens with our heads cut off, trying to figure
out where to start. Hopefully we can save you from making the
same mistakes.
Before we dive right
into the specifics, I'd like to point you to a previous lunchtime
series on the
top qualities you'll need to be a successful homesteader.
I'm going to stick to the nitty gritty in this week's lunchtime series,
but it's worth cultivating the qualities I recommend there too ---
moderate strength, frugality, ties in the community, and pacing.
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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