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It's frightfully cold out this morning. My toes are going a touch numb from walking barefoot on the hardwood floor. I'd wear my slippers, but alas, I haven't yet learned my lesson and wore my slippers to fetch eggs from the coop. They're sitting by the door, waiting to get cleaned. Chicken poo is insidious.
I cannot tell you how many times I have sat at the laptop, trying to decide exactly how I should start this blog. I am no wise woman, nor am I trendy and fashionable. I don't have white walls, white sheets and minimal furniture. I am not a spectacular cook or photographer. In all honestly I have very little to offer a reader. I suppose in some way this blog will serve as a sort of diary for me, as well as a way to keep track of my activities and goals.
2018 is the year I really hope to hone in my self reliance and homesteading skills, as well as work out budgeting methods and continue to save for acerage. It's quite daunting, I'll admit. Especially the saving bit. At least $30,000 as a downpayment isn't anything to sneeze at for certain. But our dream is to get a place we can spend the rest of our lives at. I hope for a place I can keep cows and horses. Start an orchard full of apples, pears, nuts, cherries, plums and figs. A small hayfield would be marvelous. A large flock of chickens. A garden so large I can grow many varieties of vegetables. A strawberry patch. A little cornfield. Maybe sheep as well.
Big plans.
But for now, I will transform my little place in town into my own small homestead as best as I can.
I cannot tell you how many times I have sat at the laptop, trying to decide exactly how I should start this blog. I am no wise woman, nor am I trendy and fashionable. I don't have white walls, white sheets and minimal furniture. I am not a spectacular cook or photographer. In all honestly I have very little to offer a reader. I suppose in some way this blog will serve as a sort of diary for me, as well as a way to keep track of my activities and goals.
2018 is the year I really hope to hone in my self reliance and homesteading skills, as well as work out budgeting methods and continue to save for acerage. It's quite daunting, I'll admit. Especially the saving bit. At least $30,000 as a downpayment isn't anything to sneeze at for certain. But our dream is to get a place we can spend the rest of our lives at. I hope for a place I can keep cows and horses. Start an orchard full of apples, pears, nuts, cherries, plums and figs. A small hayfield would be marvelous. A large flock of chickens. A garden so large I can grow many varieties of vegetables. A strawberry patch. A little cornfield. Maybe sheep as well.
Big plans.
But for now, I will transform my little place in town into my own small homestead as best as I can.
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