Six months later
I can hardly believe
we've been here six months! On the one hand, it feels like we arrived
yesterday; on the other hand, it feels like we've been here forever.
And, as the pictures prove, we have made a fair amount of
progress over the last six months.
First the property went
from a bare tract of land to a liveable homestead complete with
trailer, water, septic, and electricity.
Next comes the garden.
We've laid out a bunch of beds and planted several. (The confusing bits
in the foreground are where I laid down kill mulches then realized
those areas were going to be asparagus and had to dig them right back
up.)
And, most importantly,
we've met an astonishing number of talented and interesting people,
like the aspiring videographer, cupcake baker, and truck driver who
helped me take the "after" photos in this series.
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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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Anna and Mark,
I know the amount of the land in VA that you owned, but what is the difference between your core homestead in VA with what you have in OH? It sounds like you are doing more things where you are now since more is closer to you.
Sheila